Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 261 › Conversation 261-022

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal affairs and White House staff

Thursday, June 17, 1971 · 7:39 PM–11:27 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation261-022 on Tape 261 (tape position 00:51:40–00:54:22)StartThursday, June 17, 1971 at 7:39 PMEndSaturday, June 19, 1971 at 11:27 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 261-022 ↗

President Richard Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation, which was limited to a very brief exchange, was classified as a personal returnable item. No substantive policy matters or official administrative decisions were recorded.

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President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 7:39 pm on June 17, 1971 and 11:27 am on June 19, 1971. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 261-022 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 261-22

Date: Unknown between June 17 and June 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:39 pm, June 17 and 11:27 am, June 29, 1971
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1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

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:27 am, June 29, 1971
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 005-117 7:39 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:39 pm to 7:45 pm.
  • 261-020 7:39 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 7:39 pm on June 17, 1971 and 11:27 am on June 19, 1971.
  • 261-021 7:39 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 7:39 pm on June 17, 1971 and 11:27 am on June 19, 1971.
  • 261-023 7:39 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 7:39 pm on June 17, 1971 and 11:27 am on June 19, 1971.
  • 261-024 7:39 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 7:39 pm on June 17, 1971 and 11:27 am on June 19, 1971.

Conversation 261-022, 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/261-022 (accessed October 5, 2026).