Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 290 › Conversation 290-009

Nixon & Sanchez on Valet

Sunday, October 17, 1971 · 6:26 PM–8:48 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation290-009 on Tape 290 (tape position 01:18:58–01:22:00)StartSunday, October 17, 1971 at 6:26 PMEndSunday, October 17, 1971 at 8:48 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 290-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his longtime valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The recording consists entirely of a sixteen-second segment marked as personal and returnable. No substantive policy discussions or administrative actions were documented during this exchange.

Audio

1:18:58

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 01:18:58 to 01:22:00 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On October 17, 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 6:26 pm and 8:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 290-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 290-9

Date: October 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:26 pm and 8:48 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 16s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:48 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on October 17, 1971

  • 011-103 5:52 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 5:52 pm to 6:09 pm.
  • 011-104 6:09 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 6:09 pm to 6:13 pm.
  • 290-004 6:09 PM · 24 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 6:09 pm and 6:13 pm.
  • 011-105 6:13 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 6:13 pm to 6:26 pm.
  • 290-005 6:13 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:13 pm and 6:26 pm.
  • 290-006 6:26 PM · 3 min — 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 6:26 pm and 8:48 pm.
  • 290-007 6:26 PM · 24 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 6:26 pm and 8:48 pm.
  • 290-008 6:26 PM · 15 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 6:26 pm and 8:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 290-009, October 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/290-009 (accessed November 12, 2026).