Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 252 › Conversation 252-016

Nixon & Sanchez

Wednesday, April 28, 1971 · 3:57 PM–4:33 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation252-016 on Tape 252 (tape position 00:34:47–00:34:51)StartWednesday, April 28, 1971 at 3:57 PMEndWednesday, April 28, 1971 at 4:33 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 252-016 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held an informal meeting with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The brief interaction, which included a short segment of withdrawn material, served as a private exchange between the President and his longtime staff member. No policy matters or official business were recorded in this brief encounter.

Audio

part A, 34:47

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 00:34:47 to 00:34:51 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On April 28, 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 3:57 pm and 4:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 252-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 252-16

Date: April 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:57 pm and 4:33 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 4s ]

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:33 pm

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on April 28, 1971

  • 252-014 3:53 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:53 pm to 3:57 pm.
  • 042-066 3:57 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:57 pm and 4:33 pm.
  • 042-067 3:57 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:57 pm and 4:33 pm.
  • 252-015 3:57 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:57 pm and 4:33 pm.
  • 042-068 4:33 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:33 pm to 4:37 pm.
  • 252-017 4:33 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:33 pm to 4:47 pm.
  • 252-018 4:47 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:47 pm and 4:49 pm.
  • 042-069 4:49 PM · 3 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:49 pm to 4:50 pm.

All 46 conversations from April 28, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 252-016, April 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/252-016 (accessed November 2, 2026).