Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 292 › Conversation 292-030

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Presidential correspondence

Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 6:20 PM–6:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation292-030 on Tape 292 (tape position 02:46:53–02:48:26)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 6:20 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 6:30 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 292-030 ↗

President Richard Nixon met briefly with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The recording of this encounter consists entirely of a withdrawn segment categorized as personal material. No substantive policy discussions or administrative actions were documented for this interaction.

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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 6:20 pm and 6:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 292-030 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 292-30

Date: October 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:20 pm and 6:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 36s ]

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:30 pm.
  • 011-149 6:09 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:09 pm and 6:16 pm.
  • 292-027 6:09 PM · 17 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 6:16 pm.
  • 011-150 6:16 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 6:16 pm to 6:20 pm.
  • 292-028 6:16 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:16 pm to 6:20 pm.
  • 011-151 6:20 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 6:45 pm.
  • 292-029 6:20 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 6:30 pm.
  • 292-031 6:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:30 pm to 6:34 pm.
  • 292-032 6:34 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:34 pm and 6:45 pm.

Conversation 292-030, 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/292-030 (accessed September 28, 2026).