President Richard Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The recording consists primarily of room noise and muffled background interaction between the two men. Due to the lack of intelligible speech, no specific policy discussions, decisions, or significant administrative developments were captured in this segment.
On May 7, 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 1:03 pm and 2:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 253-2 Date: May 7, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:03 pm and 2:08 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Manolo Sanchez ****************************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/11/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [253-002-w001] [Duration: 7s] [This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.] ****************************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:08 pm
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.