Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 260 › Conversation 260-002

Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential valet and Personal request

Thursday, July 1, 1971 · 2:05 PM–9:47 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation260-002 on Tape 260 (tape position 00:29:04–00:29:14)StartThursday, July 1, 1971 at 2:05 PMEndThursday, July 1, 1971 at 9:47 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 260-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to handle a personal request. The discussion centered on the retrieval of a specific item requested by the President. No further administrative or political policy matters were recorded during this brief exchange.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On July 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 2:05 pm and 9:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 260-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 260-2

Date: July 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:05 pm and 9:47 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Request for item

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:47 pm.

Also recorded on July 1, 1971

  • 534-012 1:38 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 2:05 pm.
  • 534-013 2:02 PM · 4 min — unknown person(s) and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:02 pm and 2:11 pm.
  • 260-001 2:05 PM · 29 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 2:05 pm and 9:47 pm.
  • 261-027 2:05 PM · 29 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 2:05 pm and 2:11 pm.
  • 006-078 2:11 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:11 pm.
  • 261-030 2:11 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:11 pm.
  • 006-079 3:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin talked on the telephone from 3:14 pm to 3:16 pm.
  • 261-031 3:14 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:14 pm to 3:16 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 260-002, July 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/260-002 (accessed October 5, 2026).