Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 280 › Conversation 280-001
Nixon & Sanchez on Personal effects and White House administration
Thursday, September 23, 1971 · 9:15 AM–10:01 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss the retrieval and handling of a specific pen. The brief exchange centers on locating an item that had been misplaced or relocated the previous evening. The President directs Sanchez to secure the object, concluding the short administrative interaction.
- Manolo Sanchez
- Personal effects
- White House administration
- Presidential staff
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NARA Description
On September 23, 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 9:15 am and 10:01 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 280-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 280-1
Date: September 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:15 am and 10:01 am
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 07/16/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[280-001-w001]
[Duration: 1m]
The President's pen
-September 22, 1971
-Potential location
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:01 am.Also recorded on September 23, 1971
- 280-002 9:15 AM · 20 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 9:15 am and 10:01 am.
- 280-003 10:01 AM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:01 am to 10:35 am.
- 009-138 10:35 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:35 am.
- 009-139 10:35 AM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 10:35 am to 10:38 am.
- 280-004 10:35 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:35 am.
- 280-005 10:35 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:35 am to 10:38 am.
- 280-006 10:38 AM · 47 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 10:38 am and 11:15 am.
- 280-007 10:38 AM · 17 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 10:38 am and 11:15 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 280-001, September 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/280-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).