Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 256 › Conversation 256-004
Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Oval Office operations
Tuesday, June 1, 1971 · 9:14 AM–11:25 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met with his longtime valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The recording consists primarily of repetitive, unintelligible audio in Welsh, preventing any identification of substantive policy discussions or political decision-making. Consequently, no meaningful administrative actions or developments can be extracted from this specific exchange.
Audio
This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 00:03:02 into the tape and ends around 00:03:28.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
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 9:14 am and 11:25 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 256-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 256-4 Date: June 1, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:14 am and 11:25 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Manolo Sanchez ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 13s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:25 am
Also recorded on June 1, 1971
- 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.
- 256-005 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.
- 256-009 9:14 AM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 11:25 am.
- 256-010 9:14 AM · 6 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 256-004, 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/256-004 (accessed September 27, 2026).