Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 300 › Conversation 300-021

Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential staff and personal services

Tuesday, November 9, 1971 · 8:45 AM–9:45 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation300-021 on Tape 300 (tape position 00:38:37–00:38:40)StartTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 8:45 AMEndTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 9:45 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 300-021 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss personal services. The brief encounter was limited to a routine request for refreshments. No other policy or administrative matters were addressed during this interaction.

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On November 9, 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 8:45 am and 9:45 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 300-021 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 300-021

Date: November 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:45 am and 9:45 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/08/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[300-021-w001]
[Duration: 3s]

     Refreshment request

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:45 am.
  • 300-018 8:45 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Shelley A. (Scarney) Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:45 am.
  • 300-019 8:45 AM · 11 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 8:45 am and 9:45 am.
  • 300-020 8:45 AM · 5 sec — 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 8:45 am and 9:45 am.
  • 300-022 8:45 AM · 13 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 8:45 am and 9:45 am.
  • 300-023 9:45 AM · 1 hr 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:45 am to 11:00 am.
  • 014-001 10:27 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 10:27 am to 10:28 am.
  • 300-024 11:05 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:05 am to 11:07 am.
  • 014-002 11:07 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:07 am and 11:57 am.

Conversation 300-021, November 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/300-021 (accessed September 30, 2026).