Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 297 › Conversation 297-042

Nixon & Sanchez

Friday, November 12, 1971 · 2:41 PM–3:55 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation297-042 on Tape 297 (tape position 02:22:00–02:28:39)StartFriday, November 12, 1971 at 2:41 PMEndFriday, November 12, 1971 at 3:55 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 297-042 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to conduct private or personal business. The conversation was brief and is categorized as a personal returnable item, indicating it did not involve formal policy or administrative decision-making. No official transcript or record of the discussion remains available for historical analysis.

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Position in tape: 02:22:00 – 02:28:39

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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 2:41 pm and 3:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 297-042 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 297-42

Date: November 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:41 pm and 3:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 8s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:55 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The recording contains no intelligible speech; it consists entirely of silence, low tape hiss, mechanical hums, and clicks with withdrawn material. Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.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 12, 1971

  • 617-012 2:26 PM · 1 hr 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Stephen B. Bull, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford, Milton R. Young, Allen J. Ellender, George H. Mahon, Frank T. Bow, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 3:36 pm.
  • 014-084 2:36 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 2:36 pm to 2:38 pm.
  • 297-040 2:36 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:36 pm to 2:38 pm.
  • 014-085 2:38 PM · 4 min — John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 297-041 2:40 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:40 pm to 2:41 pm.
  • 297-043 2:41 PM · 5 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 2:41 pm and 3:55 pm.
  • 297-044 2:41 PM · 54 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 2:41 pm and 3:55 pm.
  • 297-045 2:41 PM · 21 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 2:41 pm and 3:55 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 297-042, 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/297-042 (accessed November 15, 2026).