Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 311 › Conversation 311-010

Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Presidential personal affairs

Friday, December 31, 1971 · 9:24 PM–9:45 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation311-010 on Tape 311 (tape position 00:09:01–00:11:48)StartFriday, December 31, 1971 at 9:24 PMEndFriday, December 31, 1971 at 9:45 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 311-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief end-of-year meeting with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation, which included a redacted personal segment, served as a private interaction between the President and a long-time member of his domestic staff on New Year's Eve. No substantive policy matters or major administrative decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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11:55Ja, mena koi.

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 9:24 pm and 9:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 311-10

Date: December 31, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:24 pm and 9:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 12s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:45 pm.

Also recorded on January 1, 1972

  • 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.
  • 017-120 9:14 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 pm and 9:22 pm.
  • 311-006 9:14 PM · 27 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 9:14 pm and 9:22 pm.
  • 017-121 9:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George H. W. Bush talked on the telephone from 9:22 pm to 9:24 pm.
  • 311-007 9:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George H. W. Bush met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:22 pm to 9:24 pm.
  • 311-008 9:24 PM · 49 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 9:24 pm and 9:45 pm.
  • 311-009 9:24 PM · 1 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 9:24 pm and 9:45 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 311-010, 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/311-010 (accessed October 11, 2026).