President Nixon met briefly with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office. The exchange lasted less than one minute and involved only brief, perfunctory remarks. No substantive policy matters or official decisions were discussed during this interaction.
On May 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:37 pm and 5:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 492-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 492-5 Date: May 5, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:37 pm and 5:38 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with an unknown man [Manolo Sanchez?] ****************************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/06/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [492-005-w001] [Duration: 44s] [Previous tapes archival review indicated this was a conversation. Upon review of the digital copy, archivists did not discern conversation. For the sake of clarity and continuity, this conversation designation will not change.] ****************************************************************************** The unknown man [Sanchez?] left at an unknown time before 5:38 pm
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