Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 520 › Conversation 520-009

Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Lunch arrangements

Tuesday, June 15, 1971 · 12:45 PM–12:54 PM ET · Oval Office · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation520-009 on Tape 520 (tape position 02:54:51–02:55:08)StartTuesday, June 15, 1971 at 12:45 PMEndTuesday, June 15, 1971 at 12:54 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 520-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics for the President's daily schedule. The primary focus of the brief interaction was to confirm arrangements regarding the timing and details of the President's lunch. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative check-in.

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NARA Description

On June 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 12:54 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 520-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 520-009

Date: June 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:45 pm and 12:54 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 10/18/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[520-009-w001]
[Duration: 5s]

     The President’s schedule
          -Lunch
               -Time

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:54 pm

Also recorded on June 15, 1971

  • 520-006 11:02 AM · 1 hr 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Willy Brandt, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, Henry A. Kissinger, Egon Bahr, Rolf Pauls, Conrad Ahlers, Hermann Kusterer, Wolf-Dietrich Schilling, and Harry Obst met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:02 am to 12:34 pm.
  • 520-007 12:34 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:34 pm to 12:42 pm.
  • 520-008 12:45 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 12:54 pm.
  • 520-010 12:54 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:54 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 521-001 1:15 PM · 6 sec — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 520-013 2:15 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:15 pm to 2:16 pm.
  • 521-003 2:15 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:15 pm and 2:19 pm.
  • 521-004 2:19 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:19 pm to 2:38 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 520-009, June 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/520-009 (accessed October 12, 2026).