Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 252 › Conversation 252-013
Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Presidential valet
Wednesday, April 21, 1971 · 3:01 PM–3:08 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief administrative interaction. The conversation was limited in duration and, due to the presence of a withdrawn segment, lacks a public record of substantive policy discussion. No specific directives or significant historical actions were recorded during this brief encounter.
Audio
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Position in tape: 00:27:32 – 00:30:29
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NARA Description
On April 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 252-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 252-13
Date: April 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:01 pm and 3:08 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez
Instructions
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 3s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:08 pmAlso recorded on April 21, 1971
- 042-065 2:54 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John A. Scali talked on the telephone from 2:54 pm to 3:01 pm.
- 252-007 2:54 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John A. Scali met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:54 pm to 3:01 pm.
- 252-008 3:01 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:08 pm.
- 252-009 3:01 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:08 pm.
- 252-010 3:01 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:08 pm.
- 252-011 3:01 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:08 pm.
- 252-012 3:01 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:08 pm.
- 485-001 3:08 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:14 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 252-013, April 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/252-013 (accessed October 3, 2026).