Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 293 › Conversation 293-005

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Presidential valet

Wednesday, November 17, 1971 · 1:27 PM–2:48 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation293-005 on Tape 293 (tape position 00:06:46–00:09:13)StartWednesday, November 17, 1971 at 1:27 PMEndWednesday, November 17, 1971 at 2:48 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 293-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The brief interaction, which included a segment restricted from the public record, involved personal matters between the President and his longtime aide. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions were documented during this exchange.

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Position in tape: 00:06:46 – 00:09:13

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NARA Description

On November 17, 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 1:27 pm and 2:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 293-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 293-5

Date: November 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:27 pm and 2:48 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 7s ]

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:48 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The entire recording consists of continuous silence and hum/tone with withdrawn content and no intelligible speech. Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.

Also recorded on November 17, 1971

  • 014-153 1:26 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:26 pm to 1:27 pm.
  • 293-004 1:26 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:26 pm to 1:27 pm.
  • 014-154 1:27 PM · 9 min — Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, John D. Ehrlichman, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:27 pm and 2:48 pm.
  • 293-006 1:27 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:27 pm and 2:48 pm.
  • 293-024 1:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:30 pm to 1:32 pm.
  • 293-025 1:32 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 1:42 pm.
  • 293-026 1:32 PM · 2 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 1:32 pm and 1:42 pm.
  • 293-027 1:32 PM · 14 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 1:32 pm and 1:42 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 293-005, November 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/293-005 (accessed October 30, 2026).