Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 303 › Conversation 303-005
Nixon & Sanchez on Travel arrangements
Tuesday, October 26, 1971 · 1:47 PM–1:50 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to briefly discuss the President's upcoming travel schedule. The interaction appears to have been a brief logistical check, during which Sanchez mistakenly initiated a suggestion regarding a flight attendant before correcting himself. No major policy decisions were made during this short exchange.
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NARA Description
On October 26, 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 1:47 pm and 1:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 303-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 303-005
Date: October 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:47 pm and 1:50 pm
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 09/20/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[303-005-w001]
[Duration: 13s]
The President's schedule
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:50 pm.Also recorded on October 26, 1971
- 013-012 1:41 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 1:41 pm to 1:47 pm.
- 013-013 1:47 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 1:50 pm.
- 303-003 1:47 PM · 18 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 1:47 pm and 1:50 pm.
- 303-004 1:47 PM · 3 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 1:47 pm and 1:50 pm.
- 013-014 1:50 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 1:50 pm to 1:51 pm.
- 303-006 1:50 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:50 pm to 1:51 pm.
- 303-007 1:51 PM · 2 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 1:51 pm and 2:49 pm.
- 303-008 1:51 PM · 1 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 1:51 pm and 2:49 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 303-005, October 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/303-005 (accessed October 12, 2026).