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Nixon & Sanchez on Administrative support

Wednesday, August 11, 1971 · 1:43 PM–2:54 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation272-011 on Tape 272 (tape position 01:20:04–01:25:18)StartWednesday, August 11, 1971 at 1:43 PMEndWednesday, August 11, 1971 at 2:54 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 272-011 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to review the President's upcoming professional schedule. This informal consultation served to coordinate administrative logistics and manage the President's daily agenda. No further significant policy developments or strategic decisions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.

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On August 11, 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 1:43 pm and 2:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 272-011 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 272-011

Date: August 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:43 pm and 2:54 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     President's schedule

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:54 pm.
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Conversation 272-011, August 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/272-011 (accessed October 13, 2026).