Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 287 › Conversation 287-008
Nixon & Sanchez on Administrative tasks and Office management
Monday, October 11, 1971 · 11:25 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 29 sec
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President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss administrative logistics and the President's upcoming schedule. The brief conversation centered on the handling of specific documents and the President’s anticipated return to the office after an hour-long absence. No major policy decisions were made during this exchange, which focused primarily on personal office management and scheduling coordination.
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NARA Description
On October 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 11:25 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 287-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 287-8
Date: October 11, 1971
Time: 11:25 am
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 09/24/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[287-008-w001]
[Duration: 28s]
Instructions
The President’s schedule
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The President and Sanchez left at 11:25 am.Also recorded on October 11, 1971
- 011-028 10:28 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 10:28 am to 10:30 am.
- 287-007 10:28 AM · 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Manolo Sanchez, Walter R. Tkach, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:28 am to 11:25 am.
- 011-029 10:36 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:36 am and 10:45 am.
- 011-030 10:36 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:36 am and 10:45 am.
- 011-031 10:45 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Walter R. Tkach talked on the telephone at 10:45 am.
- 011-032 10:45 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 12:31 pm.
- 588-001 11:25 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:31 am.
- 588-002 11:31 AM · 2 hr 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Aldo Moro, Edgido Ortono, Henry A. Kissinger, Neil A. Seidenman, Stephen B. Bull, Americo Cortese, Peter Gay, Frank Montemuro, Paul Landi, Nicholas Cipriani, William Cercone, John A. Volpe, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, John N. Mitchell, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:31 am to 2:13 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 287-008, October 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/287-008 (accessed October 11, 2026).