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Nixon & Sanchez on King Timahoe and White House pets

Tuesday, October 12, 1971 · 9:13 PM–9:41 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 38 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation291-007 on Tape 291 (tape position 00:14:19–00:15:13)StartTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 9:13 PMEndTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 9:41 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 291-007 ↗

President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, discuss the behavior and well-being of the President's Irish Setter, King Timahoe. During the brief interaction, they confirm the dog's whereabouts after he had wandered off, reflecting on his preference for staying inside the office. The conversation concludes with a request to keep the door open to accommodate the dog's movement.

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Let's just keep the door open.
Okay.
I don't think we're a good boy.
You're a good boy.
Okay.
You see, sir, now he's free.
You know, with the dog helping, he wants to live in the house.
The house?
In the dog's house, in here.
That's right.
He doesn't mind.
And so I got to looking all around, crazy.
I don't find the dog.
And so we thought, we had to cut outside.
Inside, probably open the gates, and he can't come.
And he wasn't sleeping, son.
Yeah.
Leave the door open.
Good boy, kid.
Good boy.

On October 12, 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 9:13 pm and 9:41 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 291-007 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 291-7

Date: October 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:13 pm and 9:41 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 04/29/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[291-007-w001]
[Duration: 37s]

     Request
         -Keep door open

     King Timahoe
          -Dog house

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:41 pm.
  • 011-070 9:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 9:07 pm to 9:09 pm.
  • 291-003 9:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:07 pm to 9:09 pm.
  • 011-071 9:09 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:09 pm and 9:12 pm.
  • 291-004 9:09 PM · 8 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 9:09 pm and 9:12 pm.
  • 011-072 9:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:12 pm to 9:13 pm.
  • 291-005 9:12 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:12 pm to 9:13 pm.
  • 291-006 9:13 PM · 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 9:13 pm and 9:41 pm.
  • 011-073 9:41 PM · 3 min — Henry A. Kissinger and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 9:41 pm to 9:44 pm.

Conversation 291-007, October 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/291-007 (accessed September 28, 2026).