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Nixon & Sanchez on King (dog) and Personal health

Monday, September 13, 1971 · 7:58 PM–8:50 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation276-017 on Tape 276 (tape position 02:08:53–02:44:28)StartMonday, September 13, 1971 at 7:58 PMEndMonday, September 13, 1971 at 8:50 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 276-017 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to attend to personal matters, including treatment for a skin rash and the care of the President's dog, King. The two men also discussed television programming, specifically a mystery person contest featured on a program hosted by Mr. Keyes. The interaction focuses on private, domestic concerns rather than official government business or policy development.

Manolo Sanchez
King (dog)
Personal health
Television programming
White House domestic life

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Do you need the door open?

I need the door open so he can run back and forth.

I'm going to spend a little time because I have a rash in here again.

Rash?

You see?

I have a rash.

I have a rash in here.

He put for himself.

Let the air go out again.

So I'm going to be in touch with Colonel Coffin.

The guy, when they have the medicines, I start giving twice a day the medicines.

Stay here.

I believe it's over.

Run back and forth.

King.

King, boy.

Come on, King.

King, come here.

Come on, keep going.

Bring the TV here.

Mr. Keyes' program, Latin, is on at 8 o'clock.

Oh, I see.

The suspicious character.

Why, was he trying to rob a bank?

No, he tried to make a deposit.

This, please.

Hold it there.

This is where I start my mystery person contest.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Of course not.

That's the idea.

And here's the mystery person.

NARA Description

On September 13, 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 7:58 pm and 8:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 276-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 276-17

Date: September 13, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:58 pm and 8:50 pm                     Conv. No. 276-18/278-33 (cont.)
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]
[276-017-w001]
[Duration: 1m 17s]

     King Timahoe
          -Instructions on door position
          -Rash
                -Location
                -Medicine
                      -Dosage
          -Position of door

     Television set
          -Paul W. Keyes
                -“Laugh In”
                     -Time

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Manolo Sanchez wheels television into Executive Office Building.

     Television
          -Position

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:50 pm.

                                                             Conversation No. 276-18/278-33

Date: September 13, 1971
Time: 8:50 pm - 10:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/03/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]                             Conv. No. 276-18/278-33 (cont.)
[Personal Returnable]
[276-018-w002]
[Duration: 20s]

     The President's schedule
          -Paul W. Keyes
                -The President's television viewing
                      -First show of the Fall season

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     Vietnam negotiations
          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.'s previous conversation with the President
          -Hanoi
                 -Agreement
                 -Statement
                       -Publicity
                       -Xuan Thuy
          -George S. McGovern's statement
                 -Ceasefire
                       -United States
                       -Vietnamese
                       -Laos
                       -Cambodia
                       -South Vietnam
                 -Bombing targets
                       -Supply lines
                 -Date of ceasefire
          -McGovern
          -US troop withdrawal
          -Domestic discord
          -Timetable
          -US troop withdrawal
          -Nguyen Van Thieu
          -Unilateral approach
          -Options
          -Ceasefire
                 -Troop withdrawal
          -Cambodia
          -Infiltration
          -Negotiations
                 -Effect
          -Vietnamization
           -Government of National Concord
                 -Elections
           -Saigon
           -Hanoi
           -North Vietnam
           -People’s Republic of China [PRC]
           -Soviet Union                                       Conv. No. 276-18/278-33 (cont.)
           -North Vietnam
                 -Proposal
           -PRC
           -Paris
           -Hanoi
           -Memorandum
           -Strategy
                 -Unilateral withdrawal
           -Jack N. Anderson
           -Timing
                 -Announcement on troop withdrawal
                       -Television

     PRC
           -Announcement of President’s visit
               -Timing

     Kissinger's Schedule
          -Trip to the PRC
          -Trip to the Soviet Union
          -Announcement
          -Dates
          -Andrei a. Gromyko's Visit to the US
                -Meeting with the President
          -Soviets
                -Announcements
          -PRC
          -Gromyko

The recording of this conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 10:15 pm.

Also recorded on September 13, 1971

008-115 7:43 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 7:43 pm to 7:47 pm.
008-116 7:47 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:47 pm and 7:51 pm.
008-117 7:51 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 7:51 pm to 7:54 pm.
276-014 7:51 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:51 pm to 7:54 pm.
008-118 7:54 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:54 pm.
008-119 7:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:55 pm to 7:58 pm.
276-015 7:55 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:55 pm to 7:58 pm.
276-016 7:58 PM · 7 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 7:58 pm and 8:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 276-017, September 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/276-017 (accessed October 9, 2026).