Nixon White House TapesTape 264 › Conversation 264-010

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Presidential routine

Wednesday, July 21, 1971 · 1:14 PM–2:39 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Sanchez, ManoloConversation264-010 onTape 264 (tape position 03:14:54–03:17:06)StartWednesday, July 21, 1971 at 1:14 PMEndWednesday, July 21, 1971 at 2:39 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 264-010 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to handle routine administrative support. During the brief interaction, the President requested that Sanchez provide coffee. No policy matters or significant political developments were addressed during this short exchange.

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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 1:14 pm and 2:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 264-010 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 264-010
Date: July 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:14 pm and 2:39 pm
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]
[264-010-w001]
[Duration: 5s]
Request
-Coffee
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Page | 26
White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:39 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.
  • 264-009 1:14 PM · 14 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 1:14 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 006-172 2:39 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:42 pm.
  • 264-011 2:39 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:39 pm to 2:42 pm.
  • 006-173 2:43 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Haakon I. Romnes talked on the telephone from 2:43 pm to 2:47 pm.
  • 264-012 2:43 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Haakon I. Romnes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:43 pm to 2:47 pm.

Conversation 264-010, 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/264-010 (accessed September 18, 2026).