Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 285 › Conversation 285-005
Nixon & Sanchez on White House Residence and Presidential property
Thursday, October 7, 1971 · 4:27 PM–4:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to issue brief logistical instructions regarding the handling of presidential property. The primary purpose of the interaction was for Nixon to direct Sanchez to transport a specific briefcase to the White House residence. This short exchange highlights the routine administrative support provided by staff to manage the President’s personal and professional materials.
- Manolo Sanchez
- Logistics
- White House Residence
- Presidential property
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NARA Description
On October 7, 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 4:27 pm and 4:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 285-005
Date: October 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:27 pm and 4:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/22/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[285-005-w001]
[Duration: 6s]
Request
-Deliver briefcase to the residence
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:30 pm.Also recorded on October 7, 1971
- 010-139 3:48 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 4:12 pm.
- 285-043 3:48 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 4:12 pm.
- 285-044 3:48 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 4:12 pm.
- 010-140 4:12 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:12 pm to 4:27 pm.
- 285-045 4:12 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:12 pm to 4:27 pm.
- 078-004 4:30 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including Wallace F. Bennet, Robert C. Byrd, Allen J. Ellender, Robert P. Griffin, Jacob K. Javits, Russell B. Long, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Jack R. Miller, Hugh Scott, John J. Sparkman, Herman E. Talmadge, William Proxmire, John G. Tower, Page Belcher, John W. Byrnes, Gerald R. Ford, George H. Mahon, Albert H. Quie, Wright Patman, William L. Springer, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, John B. Connally, Paul W. McCracken, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, and Eugene S. Cowen, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:57 pm.
- 078-005 4:52 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:52 pm on October 7, 1971 and 12:01 pm on October 12, 1971.
- 286-001 5:10 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:36 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 285-005, October 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/285-005 (accessed October 6, 2026).