Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 311 › Conversation 311-001
Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and New Year's Eve
Friday, December 31, 1971 · 9:05 PM–9:08 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, informal year-end meeting with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in his Old Executive Office Building workspace. The interaction lasted only a few minutes and appears to have been limited to a personal exchange. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.
- Manolo Sanchez
- Personal staff
- White House operations
- New Year's Eve
Audio
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 00:00:47 into the tape and ends around 00:01:22.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On December 31, 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 9:05 pm and 9:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 311-1 Date: December 31, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:05 pm and 9:08 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Manolo Sanchez. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:08 pm.
Also recorded on January 1, 1972
- 017-116 9:08 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Elmer H. Bobst talked on the telephone from 9:08 pm to 9:11 pm.
- 311-002 9:08 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Elmer H. Bobst met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:08 pm to 9:11 pm.
- 017-117 9:11 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm.
- 017-118 9:11 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm.
- 311-003 9:11 PM · 15 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 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm.
- 311-004 9:11 PM · 8 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 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm.
- 017-119 9:13 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:13 pm to 9:14 pm.
- 311-005 9:13 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:13 pm to 9:14 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 311-001, January 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/311-001 (accessed October 11, 2026).