Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 284 › Conversation 284-015

Nixon & Sanchez

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 5:25 PM–5:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation284-015 on Tape 284 (tape position 01:44:55–01:45:58)StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 5:25 PMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 5:30 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 284-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met briefly with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation primarily addressed personal matters, as indicated by the withdrawal of the segment due to its private nature. No formal policy discussions or significant administrative actions resulted from this interaction.

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Position in tape: 01:44:55 – 01:45:58

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NARA Description

On October 6, 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 5:25 pm and 5:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 284-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 284-15

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:25 pm and 5:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 15s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:30 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The audio contains very faint, unintelligible whispers/murmurs at the beginning, followed by an extended tone (withdrawn item tone) and silence, with no intelligible spoken English. Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.

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  • 010-097 5:16 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 5:16 pm to 5:18 pm.
  • 010-098 5:18 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 5:18 pm to 5:19 pm.
  • 010-099 5:19 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 5:19 pm to 5:22 pm.
  • 284-016 5:25 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 284-017 5:30 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:30 pm to 5:45 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 284-015, 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/284-015 (accessed November 2, 2026).