Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 486 › Conversation 486-006
Sanchez on Oval Office
Thursday, April 22, 1971 · 3:35 PM–3:41 PM ET · Oval Office · 4 min
AI Summary
Manolo Sanchez met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to discuss the status of several administrative tasks. The exchange centered on the completion of seven specific items, though the broader context remains obscured due to the limited duration and poor audio quality of the recording. No further policy developments or significant decisions were documented during this brief interaction.
Audio
NARA Description
On April 22, 1971, Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:41 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 486-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 486-6
Date: April 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:35 pm and 3:41 pm
Location: Oval Office
Manolo Sanchez and an unknown man met at an unknown time after 3:35 pm
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 11/14/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[486-006-w001]
[Duration: 21s]
Material
Completion of seven items [?]
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The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 3:41 pmTranscript (AI-generated)
No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The audio consists largely of low background noise, quiet room sounds, movement, and heavily degraded whispered or muffled voices between 0:00 and 0:27, after which there is mostly room hiss and handling noise.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 486-006, April 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417176681). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/486-006 (accessed November 14, 2026).