Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 461 › Conversation 461-006
Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Oval Office
Tuesday, March 2, 1971 · 11:56 AM–11:59 AM ET · Oval Office · 6 sec
AI Summary
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.
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NARA Description
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 Aid
Conversation 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 amAlso recorded on March 2, 1971
- 461-003 11:00 AM · 3 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 11:04 am.
- 461-004 11:06 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rudolph A. Peterson, Peter G. Peterson, Emil ("Bus") Mosbacher, Jr., Clark MacGregor, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:06 am to 11:33 am.
- 461-007 11:59 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:59 am.
- 461-008 11:59 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:01 pm.
- 461-009 12:01 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:01 pm to 12:06 pm.
- 461-010 12:07 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Targut Menemencioglu, Emil ("Bus") Mosbacher, Jr., Christopher Van Hollen, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Warren E. Burger, John W. Dean, III, John N. Mitchell, Edward L. Wright, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:07 pm to 12:44 pm.
- 049-002 12:44 PM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 1:07 pm.
- 461-011 12:44 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ralph E. Ulmer, Mrs. Ralph E. Ulmer, Gary Ulmer, Tana Ulmer, Roger E. Johnson, David N. Parker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 12:55 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 461-006, March 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/461-006 (accessed October 12, 2026).