Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 266 › Conversation 266-007
Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential staff and Valet
Thursday, July 29, 1971 · 1:50 PM–2:45 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief private discussion. The recording consists primarily of garbled or unintelligible audio that does not reflect substantive administrative or political business. Consequently, no specific policy decisions or significant developments can be discerned from the transcript.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On July 29, 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 1:50 pm and 2:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 266-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 266-7 Date: July 29, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:50 pm and 2:45 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President met with Manolo Sanchez. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO.1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 24s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:45 pm.
Also recorded on July 29, 1971
- 551-011 1:01 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:01 pm to 1:48 pm.
- 551-012 1:48 PM · 56 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 1:50 pm.
- 007-026 1:50 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 6:32 pm.
- 267-001 1:50 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 1:50 pm on July 29, 1971 and 9:08 am on July 30, 1971.
- 266-008 2:45 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 5:45 pm.
- 266-009 2:45 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 5:45 pm.
- 266-010 2:45 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 5:45 pm.
- 266-011 2:45 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 2:45 pm and 5:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 266-007, July 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/266-007 (accessed October 9, 2026).