Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 292 › Conversation 292-002

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal affairs and Valet services

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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation292-002 on Tape 292 (tape position 00:03:27–00:04:38)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 1:45 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 2:53 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 292-002 ↗

President Nixon held a brief meeting with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation primarily involved personal matters, as indicated by the withdrawal of the recorded segment for personal reasons. No substantive policy discussions or administrative actions were recorded during this interaction.

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 00:03:27 into the tape and ends around 00:04:38.

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

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 292-002 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 292-2

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1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: 1s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:53 pm
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Conversation 292-002, 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/292-002 (accessed September 28, 2026).