Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 284 › Conversation 284-009

Nixon, Colson & Sanchez on White House administration and Document management

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 3:41 PM–4:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Colson, Charles W.;  Sanchez, ManoloConversation284-009 onTape 284 (tape position 00:32:20–00:42:31)StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 3:41 PMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 4:00 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 284-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Charles W. Colson and Manolo Sanchez in the Executive Office Building to handle administrative tasks and personal coordination. The discussion primarily focused on the management of specific documents or materials that required relocation. While the exchange was brief and included the brief attendance of Sanchez, it functioned as a routine logistical session between the President and his staff.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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42:49Oh, yeah?
42:53You want to take this and put it in the back of it?
43:01Yeah, I'll call you.

NARA Description

On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:41 pm to 4:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 284-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 284-9

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 3:41 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 10-94; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 3:41 pm.

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:00 pm.

[End of telephone conversation]

Also recorded on October 6, 1971

  • 284-004 3:15 PM · 7 min — 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 3:15 pm and 3:41 pm.
  • 284-005 3:15 PM · 13 min — 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 3:15 pm and 3:41 pm.
  • 010-093 3:41 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:41 pm.
  • 010-094 3:41 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:41 pm to 4:00 pm.
  • 010-095 4:00 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:00 pm.
  • 284-010 4:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:00 pm.
  • 284-011 4:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:00 pm to 4:05 pm.
  • 284-012 4:06 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:06 pm to 4:30 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 284-009, October 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/284-009 (accessed September 18, 2026).