Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 288 › Conversation 288-003
Nixon & Sanchez on White House administration and Presidential staff
Monday, October 11, 1971 · 9:36 PM–9:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief, informal exchange. While the transcript remains largely unintelligible and appears to contain Welsh-language errors or encoding issues, the interaction reflects a routine administrative or personal check-in between the President and his staff member. No substantive policy decisions or historical actions were recorded during this short meeting.
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Position in tape: 00:04:55 – 00:06:03
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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 an unknown time between 9:36 pm and 9:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 288-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 288-3 Date: October 11, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:36 pm and 9:40 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Manolo Sanchez. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:40 pm.
Also recorded on October 12, 1971
- 011-047 9:26 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 9:26 pm to 9:34 pm.
- 288-002 9:26 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:26 pm to 9:34 pm.
- 588-004 12:01 AM · 9 sec — Ronald L. Ziegler and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 11:22 am.
- 588-005 12:01 AM · 8 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 11:22 am.
- 588-006 12:01 AM · 4 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 11:22 am.
- 588-022 12:01 AM · 7 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 11:22 am.
- 288-004 8:25 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:25 am and 8:30 am.
- 011-048 8:30 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:30 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 288-003, October 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/288-003 (accessed October 12, 2026).