Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 256 › Conversation 256-020

Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Personal staff

Tuesday, June 1, 1971 · 11:30 AM–12:06 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Sanchez, ManoloConversation256-020 onTape 256 (tape position 00:28:48–00:30:28)StartTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 11:30 AMEndTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 12:06 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 256-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard M. Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief, informal exchange. While the transcript consists of repetitive Welsh phrases indicating a personal or private communication, the encounter underscores the routine, day-to-day interactions between the President and his domestic staff. No significant policy decisions or official government business were transacted during this short interaction.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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30:35Mae'n bwysig iawn i mi ddweud hyn.
30:43Mae'n bwysig iawn i mi ddweud hyn.
30:48Mae'n bwysig iawn i mi ddweud hyn.
30:55Mae'n bwysig iawn i mi ddweud hyn.
31:00Mae'n bwysig iawn i mi ddweud hyn.
31:05Mae gennych chi unrhyw beth arall?
31:07Mae gennych chi unrhyw beth arall?
31:12Mae gennych chi unrhyw beth arall?
31:13Mae gennych chi unrhyw beth arall?
31:14Mae gennych chi unrhyw beth arall?
31:15Mae gennych chi unrhyw beth arall?
31:18Mae gennych chi unrhyw beth arall?

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 11:30 am and 12:06 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 256-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 256-20

Date: June 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:30 am and 12:06 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2s ]

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:06 pm

Also recorded on June 1, 1971

  • 004-001 11:25 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 11:25 am to 11:30 am.
  • 256-016 11:25 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:25 am to 11:30 am.
  • 256-017 11:30 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 12:06 pm.
  • 256-018 11:30 AM · 1 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 11:30 am and 12:06 pm.
  • 256-019 11:30 AM · 33 sec — 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 11:30 am and 12:06 pm.
  • 509-001 12:07 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Mary Kay Leavitt, Harley O. Staggers, John E. Nidecker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:07 pm to 12:09 pm.
  • 509-002 12:10 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:10 pm to 12:50 pm.
  • 256-021 1:20 PM · 6 min — 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 1:20 pm and 7:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 256-020, 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/256-020 (accessed September 18, 2026).