Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 264 › Conversation 264-002
Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Presidential routine
Wednesday, July 21, 1971 · 10:05 AM–10:21 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss the maintenance of a timepiece. The brief interaction focused on the fact that the President's watch had stopped functioning due to a dead battery. No significant policy or administrative decisions were made during this exchange.
- White House staff
- Presidential routine
- Manolo Sanchez
- personal items
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NARA Description
On July 21, 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 10:05 am and 10:21 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 264-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 264-002
Date: July 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:05 am and 10:21 am
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/30/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[264-002-w001]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
[Duration: 15s]
Watch
-Dead battery
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:21 am.Also recorded on July 21, 1971
- 006-171 10:05 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 2:39 pm.
- 264-001 10:05 AM · 24 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 10:05 am and 10:21 am.
- 264-003 10:21 AM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:21 am to 11:01 am.
- 264-004 11:01 AM · 15 sec — 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 11:01 am and 11:05 am.
- 264-005 11:05 AM · 2 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:05 am and 1:14 pm.
- 264-006 1:14 PM · 9 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 1:14 pm and 2:39 pm.
- 264-007 1:14 PM · 6 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 1:14 pm and 2:39 pm.
- 264-008 1:14 PM · 3 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 1:14 pm and 2:39 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 264-002, July 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/264-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).