Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 292 › Conversation 292-001

Nixon & Sanchez

Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 1:45 PM–2:53 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation292-001 on Tape 292 (tape position 00:01:58–00:03:27)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 1:45 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 2:53 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 292-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to conduct personal business. The brief interaction consisted primarily of a private, withdrawn segment classified as personal and returnable. No substantive policy discussions or administrative actions were recorded during this engagement.

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Position in tape: 00:01:58 – 00:03:27

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NARA Description

On October 19, 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 1:45 pm and 2:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 292-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 292-1

Date: October 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:45 pm and 2:53 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 28s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:53 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The recording contains no intelligible speech; the withdrawn section is silenced and the remainder consists only of background tape hiss and room noise. Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 292-001, October 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/292-001 (accessed November 12, 2026).