Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 281 › Conversation 281-046

Nixon & Sanchez

Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 3:54 PM–3:55 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation281-046 on Tape 281 (tape position 03:18:45–03:19:02)StartThursday, October 21, 1971 at 3:54 PMEndThursday, October 21, 1971 at 3:55 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 281-046 ↗

A 20-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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Position in tape: 03:18:45 – 03:19:02

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On October 21, 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 3:54 pm and 3:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-046 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 281-46

Date: October 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:54 pm and 3:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:55 pm.

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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  • 012-043 3:54 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:54 pm and 3:58 pm.
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  • 281-047 3:55 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, White House operator, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:25 pm.
  • 012-045 3:58 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 3:58 pm to 3:59 pm.
  • 012-046 3:59 PM · 11 sec — Rose Mary Woods and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 5:00 pm.
  • 012-047 3:59 PM · 48 sec — Rose Mary Woods, unknown person(s), Marjorie P. Acker, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 5:00 pm.

Conversation 281-046, October 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/281-046 (accessed November 12, 2026).