Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 297 › Conversation 297-031
Nixon & Sanchez
Friday, November 12, 1971 · 12:59 PM–2:20 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 42 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief administrative consultation. The primary purpose of the meeting was to provide specific instructions regarding the placement of an unidentified object within the office. No further policy or political developments were recorded during this brief interaction.
Audio
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Position in tape: 01:50:35 – 01:51:14
part A, 1:50:33
NARA Description
On November 12, 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 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 297-031 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 297-31
Date: November 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Instructions
-Placement of unknown object
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:20 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation.
Also recorded on November 12, 1971
- 297-029 12:59 PM · 40 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 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm.
- 297-030 12:59 PM · 8 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 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm.
- 297-032 12:59 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm.
- 297-033 12:59 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm.
- 297-034 12:59 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm.
- 297-035 12:59 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm.
- 297-036 12:59 PM · 45 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 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm.
- 297-037 12:59 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 297-031, November 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/297-031 (accessed November 2, 2026).