Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 299 › Conversation 299-001

Nixon & Sanchez on Arthur Burns and Presidential valet

Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 1:20 PM–1:31 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation299-001 on Tape 299 (tape position 00:03:30–00:05:21)StartWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 1:20 PMEndWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 1:31 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 299-001 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. While the bulk of the recording is withheld for personal privacy, the brief transcript captures the President inquiring about the needs of Dr. Arthur Burns. No further substantive policy discussions were documented during this short interaction.

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On November 10, 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 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 299-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 299-1

Date: November 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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[Duration: 44s ]

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:31 pm.
  • 014-009 1:20 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.
  • 299-002 1:20 PM · 44 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 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.
  • 616-008 1:20 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 4:20 pm.
  • 014-010 1:31 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 1:31 pm to 1:33 pm.
  • 299-003 1:31 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Arthur F. Burns met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:31 pm to 1:33 pm.
  • 014-011 1:33 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm.
  • 299-004 1:33 PM · 1 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 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm.
  • 299-005 1:33 PM · 46 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 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm.

Conversation 299-001, November 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/299-001 (accessed September 30, 2026).