Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 274 › Conversation 274-029
Nixon & Sanchez on Economic stabilization and Speechwriting
Wednesday, September 8, 1971 · 11:40 AM–1:27 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, to review the final preparations for an upcoming address to Congress. The discussion focused on editing the draft of the President’s speech concerning national economic stabilization policies. This session served as a final administrative check before the President formally presented his economic agenda on September 9, 1971.
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NARA Description
On September 8, 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 11:40 am and 1:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 274-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 274-29
Date: September 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:40 am and 1:27 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
President’s address to Congress on economic stabilization, September 9, 1971
-Draft
-Editing
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 3s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:27 pm.Also recorded on September 8, 1971
- 008-046 9:40 AM · 33 sec — Raymond K. Price, Jr. and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 1:27 pm.
- 274-028 10:06 AM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:06 am to 11:40 am.
- 274-030 11:40 AM · 15 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 11:40 am and 1:27 pm.
- 274-031 11:40 AM · 24 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 11:40 am and 1:27 pm.
- 008-048 1:27 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 1:27 pm to 1:28 pm.
- 274-032 1:27 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:27 pm to 1:28 pm.
- 274-033 1:28 PM · 1 min — 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 1:28 pm and 1:34 pm.
- 274-034 1:34 PM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:34 pm and 3:03 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 274-029, September 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/274-029 (accessed September 18, 2026).