Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 490 › Conversation 490-015
Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential staff and Oval Office
Tuesday, May 4, 1971 · 12:03 PM ET · Oval Office ·2 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office for a brief, one-second exchange. The interaction consisted of a short verbal instruction from the President to his aide. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were documented during this encounter.
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NARA Description
On May 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 490-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 490-15
Date: May 4, 1971
Time: 12:03 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 11/12/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[490-015-w001]
[Duration: 1s]
Greetings
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Sanchez left at 12:03 pm.Also recorded on May 4, 1971
- 490-014 11:38 AM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, David Packard, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:38 am to 12:03 pm.
- 490-016 12:03 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Charles W. Colson, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:03 pm to 12:35 pm.
- 490-017 12:35 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Jeane L. Dixon, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 1:11 pm.
- 490-018 12:35 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 1:11 pm.
- 042-084 1:11 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:11 pm and 1:12 pm.
- 042-085 1:11 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:11 pm and 1:12 pm.
- 251-048 1:11 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:11 pm to 1:12 pm.
- 251-049 1:11 PM · 10 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 1:11 pm and 1:12 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 490-015, May 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/490-015 (accessed September 18, 2026).