Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 279 › Conversation 279-026

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Presidential tasks

Wednesday, September 22, 1971 · 4:54 PM–5:17 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 25 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation279-026 on Tape 279 (tape position 02:52:37–02:55:31)StartWednesday, September 22, 1971 at 4:54 PMEndWednesday, September 22, 1971 at 5:17 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 279-026 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to provide instructions regarding a specific item. The President directed Sanchez to place an unknown object in the back of a book. This brief, personal exchange concludes with the requested task being delegated.

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You put this in the back of the book.

NARA Description

On September 22, 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 4:54 pm and 5:17 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-026 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 279-26

Date: September 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:54 pm and 5:17 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 04/09/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[279-026-w001]
[Duration: 22s]

       President’s request for Manolo Sanchez
              -Placement of unknown object

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:17 pm.

Also recorded on September 22, 1971

  • 009-120 4:53 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 4:53 pm to 4:54 pm.
  • 279-024 4:53 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:53 pm to 4:54 pm.
  • 009-121 4:54 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:54 pm and 5:17 pm.
  • 279-025 4:54 PM · 41 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 4:54 pm and 5:17 pm.
  • 279-027 4:54 PM · 8 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 4:54 pm and 5:17 pm.
  • 279-028 4:54 PM · 9 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 4:54 pm and 5:17 pm.
  • 009-122 5:17 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 5:17 pm to 5:31 pm.
  • 279-029 5:17 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:17 pm to 5:31 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 279-026, September 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-026 (accessed October 12, 2026).