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Nixon & Sanchez on Rose Mary Woods and White House administration

Monday, June 7, 1971 · 3:09 PM–3:20 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation255-021 on Tape 255 (tape position 00:31:27–00:31:59)StartMonday, June 7, 1971 at 3:09 PMEndMonday, June 7, 1971 at 3:20 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 255-021 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to coordinate the transfer of an item. The primary objective of the encounter was the delivery of an unknown object to the President's personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. No significant policy discussions occurred during this brief administrative exchange.

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Well, I don't want you to take that.
I don't want you to take that.
I don't want you to take that.
I don't want you to take that.
I don't want you to take that.

On June 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 3:09 pm and 3:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 255-021 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 255-21

Date: June 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:09 pm and 3:20 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez

     Delivery of unknown object to Rose Mary Woods

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:20 pm
  • 004-060 2:57 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:57 pm to 3:02 pm.
  • 255-018 2:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:57 pm to 3:02 pm.
  • 004-061 3:02 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:02 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 004-062 3:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 3:07 pm to 3:09 pm.
  • 255-019 3:07 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:07 pm to 3:09 pm.
  • 004-112 3:09 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:20 pm.
  • 255-020 3:09 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:20 pm.
  • 513-002 3:20 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:20 pm to 3:23 pm.

Conversation 255-021, June 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/255-021 (accessed September 27, 2026).