Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 292 › Conversation 292-036

Nixon, Keyes & Sanchez on personal staff

Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 6:34 PM–6:45 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; Keyes, Paul W.Conversation292-036 on Tape 292 (tape position 02:52:36–02:56:47)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 6:34 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 6:45 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 292-036 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting in the Old Executive Office Building with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, and television writer Paul W. Keyes. The discussion, largely obscured by withdrawn material and limited transcript evidence, involved routine personal staff interactions and a brief exchange regarding keys. No major policy decisions or significant administrative actions were recorded during this short encounter.

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Position in tape: 02:52:36 – 02:56:47

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NARA Description

On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Paul W. Keyes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:34 pm and 6:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 292-036 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 292-36

Date: October 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:34 pm and 6:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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The President talked with Paul W. Keyes between 6:45 pm and 6:47 pm.

[Conversation No. 292-36A]

[See Conversation No. 11-152]

Sanchez left at 6:45 pm.

[End of telephone conversation]

Transcript (AI-generated)

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More keys, please.

— 3 min 1 s with no transcribed speech —

Hello?
Hi, Paul.
How's your program going?
Everything's going well?
Right, right, indeed.
Is that right?
Well, I'm just glad it's going so well, and you're holding up right where you were.
Yeah.
Even with the noisy engine.
Yeah.
Right.
Right.
Right.
Oh, it could be better.
But just keep the boys in line.
They're doing great.
And what days are gone?
Thursday nights?
Monday.
I haven't seen it since the first, but I'll have to look again.
You said you're dropping those, uh, Rosa notes now.
I'm trying to, of course, Mondays, you know, usually most of these nights I'm out, but what time do you come on?
I can make that at times.
At times.
Fine.
Well, if you do that and then let me know, then maybe I'll see it and I'll send you a wire or something.
How would that be?
Right.
Okay, Paul.
Right.

Also recorded on October 19, 1971

  • 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.
  • 292-031 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.
  • 292-033 6:34 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 6:34 pm and 6:45 pm.
  • 292-034 6:34 PM · 53 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.
  • 292-035 6:34 PM · 22 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 6:34 pm and 6:45 pm.
  • 011-152 6:45 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes talked on the telephone from 6:45 pm to 6:47 pm.
  • 292-037 6:47 PM · 12 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 6:47 pm and 7:49 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 292-036, 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/292-036 (accessed November 13, 2026).