Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 254 › Conversation 254-025

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal valet

Monday, May 31, 1971 · 6:52 PM–7:13 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation254-025 on Tape 254 (tape position 01:41:37–01:43:02)StartMonday, May 31, 1971 at 6:52 PMEndMonday, May 31, 1971 at 7:13 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 254-025 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417183761 ↗

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NARA Description

On May 31, 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 6:52 pm and 7:13 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 254-025 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 254-25

Date: May 31, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:52 pm and 7:13 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez

     A request

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 7:13 pm

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Why don't you put this in the back of this book, you know?
Yes, sir.
That's very nice.

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  • 254-022 6:42 PM · 6 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 6:42 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 254-023 6:42 PM · 7 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 6:42 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 003-206 6:50 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 6:50 pm to 6:52 pm.
  • 254-024 6:50 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:50 pm to 6:52 pm.
  • 003-207 6:52 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:52 pm and 7:13 pm.
  • 254-026 6:52 PM · 46 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 6:52 pm and 7:13 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 254-025, May 31, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417183761). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/254-025 (accessed November 11, 2026).