Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 280 › Conversation 280-016
Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Valet services
Thursday, September 23, 1971 · 1:16 PM–2:20 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 26 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met with his longtime valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to handle a brief, personal administrative matter. The conversation was limited in scope, focusing on the retrieval or exchange of an unknown item. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this short interaction.
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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 1:16 pm and 2:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 280-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 280-16
Date: September 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 2:20 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown person 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]
[280-016-w001]
[Duration: 23s]
Request
-Unknown item
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The unknown person [Sanchez?] left at an unknown time before 2:20 pm.Also recorded on September 23, 1971
- 009-140 12:58 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:58 pm.
- 009-141 12:58 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 12:58 pm to 1:06 pm.
- 280-012 12:58 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:58 pm.
- 280-013 12:58 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:58 pm to 1:06 pm.
- 280-014 1:06 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:06 pm to 1:16 pm.
- 280-015 1:16 PM · 59 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 1:16 pm and 2:20 pm.
- 280-017 1:16 PM · 11 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 1:16 pm and 2:20 pm.
- 280-018 2:20 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Manolo Sanchez, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:20 pm to 2:42 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 280-016, 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/280-016 (accessed October 12, 2026).