President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief private discussion. Because the majority of the conversation consists of a withdrawn segment classified as personal, the meeting's substantive content remains unavailable for public record. The interaction highlights the routine, informal, and often private nature of the President's daily consultations with his immediate personal staff.
On August 16, 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 3:40 pm and 3:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 274-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 274-17 Date: August 16, 1971 Time: Unknown between 3:40 pm and 3:47 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Manolo Sanchez. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 32s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:47 pm.
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.