President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting in the Oval Office with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez. The interaction served as a routine check-in between the President and a member of his domestic staff. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.
On March 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:56 am and 11:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 461-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 461-6
Date: March 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:56 am and 11:59 am
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with an unknown person [Manolo Sanchez?]
Call to an unnamed man
The unknown person [Sanchez?] left at an unknown time before 11:59 amNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.