Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 256 › Conversation 256-001

Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential staff and personal staff

Tuesday, June 1, 1971 · 9:10 AM–9:14 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation256-001 on Tape 256 (tape position 00:00:39–00:01:03)StartTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 9:10 AMEndTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 9:14 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 256-001 ↗

President Richard Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. Due to the lack of a transcript and the presence of a withdrawn segment, the specific substance of their brief interaction remains unrecorded. Consequently, no policy decisions or administrative actions can be attributed to this exchange.

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On June 1, 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 9:10 am and 9:14 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 256-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 256-1

Date: June 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:10 am and 9:14 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 3s ]

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:14 am
  • 003-213 9:10 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 9:12 am.
  • 256-002 9:14 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 11:25 am.
  • 256-003 9:14 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 11:25 am.
  • 256-004 9:14 AM · 26 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 9:14 am and 11:25 am.
  • 256-005 9:14 AM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 11:25 am.
  • 256-006 9:14 AM · 4 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 9:14 am and 11:25 am.
  • 256-007 9:14 AM · 43 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 9:14 am and 11:25 am.
  • 256-008 9:14 AM · 3 min — 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 9:14 am and 11:25 am.

Conversation 256-001, June 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/256-001 (accessed September 27, 2026).