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.
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 AidConversation 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.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.