Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 449 › Conversation 449-006
Nixon, Sanchez & Butterfield on Oval Office and White House logistics
Tuesday, September 21, 1971 · 11:38 AM–11:40 AM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet Manolo Sanchez and aide Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office for a brief, two-minute discussion. Although the specific substance of the exchange remains largely obscured by withdrawn segments and undefined transcript data, the meeting focused on logistics involving personal staff. No major policy decisions were recorded during this abbreviated interaction.
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NARA Description
On September 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:38 am to 11:40 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 449-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 449-6 Date: September 21, 1971 Time: 11:38 am - 11:40 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Manolo Sanchez and Alexander P. Butterfield. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 15s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** Sanchez and Butterfield left at an unknown time before 11:38 am.
Also recorded on September 21, 1971
- 449-003 11:13 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:13 am.
- 449-004 11:13 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Olav V, King of Norway, Arne Gunneng, Emil ("Bus") Mosbacher, Jr., Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:13 am to 11:33 am.
- 449-005 11:33 AM · 5 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:33 am and 11:38 am.
- 449-007 11:40 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:40 am and 11:48 am.
- 449-008 11:48 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Paul G. Hoffman, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:48 am to 12:14 pm.
- 449-009 12:14 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 12:17 pm.
- 076-007 12:17 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the International Seminar on Illicit Drug Traffic and Abuse, including Andrew C. Tartaglino, George Belk, Walter H. Buck, John W. Warner, Perry A. Rivkind, Dr. Edwin Rock, Dr. Ernst Hoffman, Andre Thirty, Leon François, Gordon Tomalty, Reginald Pruneau, José Nieto; Esbjorn Esbjornsson, Jean Benoit, S. T. Charles, W. Rogers, H. B. Spear, Alex Hasland, Jean Ducet, Honore Gevaudan, Jacques Reillac, Michel Noquet, Dr. Karl Heinz Gemmer, Jurgen Jeschke, Manlio Vinale, Antonio Fariello, Hicham Kourayten, Antoine Saade, Numa Wagner, Sten Grindhaug, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Walter Minnick, and Geoffrey C. Shepard, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:23 pm.
- 449-010 12:23 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 12:25 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 449-006, September 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/449-006 (accessed October 10, 2026).