Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 260 › Conversation 260-016
Nixon & Sanchez on Rose Mary Woods and Dictation
Friday, July 2, 1971 · 5:25 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 26 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. While the official record provides no transcript, the primary objective of this brief interaction was to record a dictation intended for the President's personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The meeting concluded immediately following the recording of this message.
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Position in tape: 01:57:31 – 01:57:46
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NARA Description
On July 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 260-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 260-16
Date: July 2, 1971
Time: 5:25 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Dictabelt for Rose Mary Woods
Sanchez left at 5:25 pm.Also recorded on July 2, 1971
- 006-099 5:24 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:24 pm to 5:25 pm.
- 260-015 5:24 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:24 pm to 5:25 pm.
- 006-100 5:25 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:25 pm.
- 260-017 5:25 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:25 pm.
- 006-101 5:26 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:26 pm to 5:33 pm.
- 260-018 5:26 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:26 pm to 5:33 pm.
- 006-102 5:33 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:33 pm and 5:39 pm.
- 260-020 5:33 PM · 19 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 5:33 pm and 5:39 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 260-016, July 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/260-016 (accessed October 5, 2026).