Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 285 › Conversation 285-029
Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Presidential valet
Thursday, October 7, 1971 · 1:25 PM–2:43 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss a brief, undefined request. The interaction was short and lacks significant political or administrative substance, serving primarily as a routine exchange between the President and his staff member. No major policy decisions or executive actions resulted from this brief encounter.
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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 1:25 pm and 2:43 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 285-029
Date: October 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:25 pm and 2:43 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]
[285-029-w001]
[Duration: 8s]
Request [?]
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Sanchez [?] left at an unknown time before 2:43 pm.
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542Also recorded on October 7, 1971
- 010-133 1:02 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:02 pm.
- 010-134 1:02 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 1:02 pm to 1:03 pm.
- 010-135 1:03 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Marjorie P. Acker, and William L. Safire talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:03 pm and 1:20 pm.
- 285-026 1:05 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Marjorie P. Acker, White House operator, and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 2:43 pm.
- 285-027 1:25 PM · 1 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 1:25 pm and 2:43 pm.
- 285-028 1:25 PM · 8 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 1:25 pm and 2:43 pm.
- 285-030 1:25 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:43 pm.
- 285-031 1:25 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:43 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 285-029, 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/285-029 (accessed October 6, 2026).