Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 272 › Conversation 272-015
Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Lincoln Room
Wednesday, August 11, 1971 · 3:45 PM–3:52 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 37 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, to coordinate the retrieval of personal items from the Lincoln Room. The conversation focused on locating and bringing the President's pipes to his office in the Executive Office Building. This brief interaction highlights the routine administrative and personal assistance provided by the domestic staff to the President.
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NARA Description
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 3:45 pm and 3:52 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 272-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 272-015
Date: August 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:45 pm and 3:52 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/04/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[272-015-w001]
[Duration: 36s]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Request
-Pipe
-Location
-Lincoln Room
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:52 pm.Also recorded on August 11, 1971
- 561-012 12:59 PM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Charles W. Colson, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:59 pm to 1:43 pm.
- 272-010 1:43 PM · 2 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 1:43 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 272-011 1:43 PM · 5 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 1:43 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 272-012 2:54 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:54 pm.
- 272-013 3:12 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Gen. Robert W., Jr. Cushman, Jr., John N. Irwin, II, Maurice J. Williams, Joseph J. Sisco, and Armistead I. Selden, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:12 pm to 3:45 pm.
- 272-014 3:45 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:52 pm.
- 272-016 3:52 PM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:52 pm to 4:45 pm.
- 272-017 4:45 PM · 1 hr 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, White House operator, John T. Dunlop, Manolo Sanchez, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:45 pm to 6:31 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 272-015, 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/272-015 (accessed October 23, 2026).