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Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Personal effects

Wednesday, November 17, 1971 · 1:43 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 49 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation293-029 on Tape 293 (tape position 01:32:38–01:33:28)StartWednesday, November 17, 1971 at 1:43 PMEndWednesday, November 17, 1971 at 1:43 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 293-029 ↗

President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to address the location of missing personal items. The brief exchange focused on the search for these misplaced belongings within the office space. No major policy developments occurred, as the dialogue was limited to coordinating the retrieval of these objects.

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Oh, I've got something down here.
I didn't see it.
I don't know.
I don't know.

On November 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:43 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 293-029 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 293-29

Date: November 22, 1971
Time: 1:43 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Item

Sanchez left at 1:43 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.
  • 293-005 1:27 PM · 3 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 1:27 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.
  • 293-028 1:42 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:42 pm to 1:43 pm.
  • 293-030 1:43 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Clark MacGregor met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:43 pm to 2:30 pm.

Conversation 293-029, 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/293-029 (accessed October 12, 2026).