Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 261 › Conversation 261-017

Nixon & Sanchez on White House personnel and personal records

Thursday, June 17, 1971 · 6:46 PM–6:55 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation261-017 on Tape 261 (tape position 00:44:58–00:47:00)StartThursday, June 17, 1971 at 6:46 PMEndThursday, June 17, 1971 at 6:55 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 261-017 ↗

President Richard Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. Due to the withdrawal of the substantive portion of the recording as personal information, no specific policy or administrative matters were documented. The meeting concluded shortly thereafter with Sanchez exiting the office.

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On June 17, 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 6:46 pm and 6:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 261-017 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 261-17

Date: June 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:46 pm and 6:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:55 pm
  • 261-016 6:17 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:17 pm to 6:46 pm.
  • 005-113 6:38 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 6:38 pm to 6:45 pm.
  • 005-114 6:45 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 6:55 pm.
  • 005-115 6:55 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 6:55 pm to 6:56 pm.
  • 258-031 6:55 PM · 8 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 6:55 pm and 9:29 pm.
  • 261-018 6:55 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:55 pm to 6:56 pm.
  • 005-116 6:56 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:56 pm and 7:39 pm.
  • 261-019 6:56 PM · 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 6:56 pm and 7:39 pm.

Conversation 261-017, June 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/261-017 (accessed October 5, 2026).