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Nixon & Sanchez on Lewis F. Powell Jr. and Supreme Court nomination

Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 1:45 PM–2:53 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 54 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation292-003 on Tape 292 (tape position 00:04:38–00:05:29)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 1:45 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 2:53 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 292-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss the nomination of Lewis F. Powell Jr. to the Supreme Court. The conversation centers on the President's efforts to finalize and vet candidates for the judicial vacancy. No formal policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative check-in regarding the ongoing nomination process.

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Position in tape: 00:04:38 – 00:05:29

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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 292-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 292-3

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

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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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 An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The audio contains only silence and tone (withdrawn item); no intelligible speech is heard. Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.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 292-003, 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/292-003 (accessed November 12, 2026).