Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 274 › Conversation 274-045
Nixon & Sanchez on Raymond K. Price Jr. and White House administration
Wednesday, September 8, 1971 · 5:10 PM–5:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The primary purpose of the meeting was to facilitate administrative coordination, specifically requesting the presence of speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. No other substantive policy matters were recorded during this brief interaction before Sanchez departed.
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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 5:10 pm and 5:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 274-045 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 274-45
Date: September 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:10 pm and 5:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 6s ]
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Request for Raymond K. Price, Jr. to come to the Executive Office Building [EOB]
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:35 pm.Also recorded on September 8, 1971
- 008-054 3:08 PM · 41 sec — Raymond K. Price, Jr. and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm.
- 008-055 3:08 PM · 2 min — Raymond K. Price, Jr., White House operator, and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm.
- 008-056 3:08 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm.
- 274-041 3:08 PM · 1 min — 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 3:08 pm and 3:26 pm.
- 274-042 3:08 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:26 pm.
- 274-044 3:26 PM · 1 hr 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:26 pm to 5:10 pm.
- 274-046 5:35 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Alexander P. Butterfield, Nellie L. Yates, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:35 pm to 6:05 pm.
- 274-047 6:05 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:05 pm to 6:06 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 274-045, 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/274-045 (accessed October 12, 2026).