Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 280 › Conversation 280-027

Sanchez on Facility maintenance and Administrative support

Thursday, September 23, 1971 · 4:40 PM–4:54 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 19 sec

ParticipantsSanchez, Manolo; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation280-027 on Tape 280 (tape position 03:01:06–03:01:24)StartThursday, September 23, 1971 at 4:40 PMEndThursday, September 23, 1971 at 4:54 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 280-027 ↗

Manolo Sanchez met with an unidentified individual within the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building to attend to administrative and service-related tasks. The brief interaction primarily involved discussions regarding facility cleaning and the provision of snacks for the office. No significant policy developments or strategic decisions occurred during this period of routine White House support activity.

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On September 23, 1971, Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:40 pm and 4:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 280-027 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 280-27

Date: September 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:40 pm and 4:54 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

Manolo Sanchez [?] met with an unknown woman.

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[Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/17/2019. Segment
cleared for release.]
[Non-Historical]
[280-027-w001]
[Duration: 18s]

       Unknown item
            -Cleaning [?]

       Snack

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Sanchez [?] and the unknown woman left at an unknown time before 4:54 pm.
  • 280-019 2:42 PM · 13 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 2:42 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 280-021 3:30 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:31 pm.
  • 280-022 3:31 PM · 6 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 3:31 pm and 4:09 pm.
  • 280-023 3:31 PM · 7 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 3:31 pm and 4:09 pm.
  • 280-024 3:31 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:31 pm to 4:09 pm.
  • 009-142 4:09 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:09 pm to 4:13 pm.
  • 280-025 4:09 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:09 pm to 4:13 pm.
  • 280-026 4:13 PM · 18 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 4:13 pm and 4:40 pm.

Conversation 280-027, 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/280-027 (accessed October 12, 2026).