Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 276 › Conversation 276-012
Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Informal briefing
Friday, September 10, 1971 · 6:15 PM–7:39 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 23 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss personal matters. The brief interaction focused on Sanchez providing an update regarding an unidentified individual's demeanor and recent activities. No significant policy decisions were made during this informal exchange.
- Manolo Sanchez
- Personal staff
- White House operations
- Informal briefing
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NARA Description
President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 6:15 pm on September 10, 1971 and 7:39 pm on September 13, 1971. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 276-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 276-12
Date: Unknown between September 10 and September 13, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:15 pm, September 10 and 7:39 pm, September 13, 1971
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 04/03/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[276-012-w001]
[Duration: 23s]
Manolo Sanchez’s comments on an unknown person
-Intelligence
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 7:39 pm, September 13, 1971.Also recorded on September 10, 1971
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- 276-007 3:53 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:53 pm to 4:17 pm.
- 276-008 4:17 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:17 pm and 4:30 pm.
- 276-009 4:17 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:17 pm and 4:30 pm.
- 276-010 4:30 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:30 pm to 4:31 pm.
- 276-011 4:31 PM · 1 hr 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Donald H. Rumsfeld, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:31 pm to 6:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 276-012, September 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/276-012 (accessed October 9, 2026).