Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 278 › Conversation 278-073
Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential staff and personal aide
Thursday, September 16, 1971 · 3:43 PM–4:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 21 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon interacts informally with Manolo Sanchez, his personal valet, in the Old Executive Office Building. The exchange focuses on the President requesting a martini and engaging in friendly, affectionate banter with his staff member. No policy matters or significant administrative decisions are addressed during this brief personal encounter.
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NARA Description
On September 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 3:43 pm and 4:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-073 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 278-73
Date: September 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:43 pm and 4:00 pm
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]
[278-073-w001]
[Duration: 20s]
Request
-Tea
King Timahoe
-Praise
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:00 pm.Also recorded on September 16, 1971
- 009-043 2:10 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 6:21 pm.
- 009-044 2:10 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 6:21 pm.
- 278-069 2:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:47 pm to 2:49 pm.
- 278-070 3:00 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:00 pm.
- 278-071 3:00 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:41 pm.
- 278-072 3:41 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:41 pm to 3:43 pm.
- 573-001 4:00 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, William L. Safire, Clark MacGregor, Herbert G. Klein, Stephen B. Bull, Patrick J. Buchanan, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:00 pm to 4:58 pm.
- 075-004 4:58 PM · 1 hr 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon and elected state and local officials, including Arch A. Moore, Jr., Richard B. Ogilvie, Thomas J. Meskill, Winfield Dunn, Warren E. Hearnes, J. James Exon, Wendall R. Anderson, Frank Licht, Luis A. Ferre, John C. West, William J. Connor, Gladys N. Spellman, Bernard Hillenbrand, Henry W. Maier, Louie Welch, John J. Gunther, Richard G. Lugar, Pat Healy, John B. Connally, James G. Martin, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, Herbert Stein, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Charls E. Walker, Ronald L. Ziegler, the White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:58 pm and 7:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 278-073, September 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-073 (accessed October 12, 2026).