Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 524 › Conversation 524-028
Nixon, Kissinger & Sanchez on Oval Office and White House routine
Thursday, June 17, 1971 · 3:33 PM–3:37 PM ET · Oval Office · 35 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met briefly in the Oval Office to share refreshments. Following Sanchez’s departure, Nixon and Kissinger engaged in a short, fragmented discussion regarding an unspecified matter the President expressed an urgent desire to address. The conversation concluded with the President instructing an individual to leave the area.
- Oval Office
- Henry Kissinger
- Manolo Sanchez
- Presidential scheduling
- White House routine
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NARA Description
On June 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:33 pm and 3:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 524-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 524-28
Date: June 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:33 pm and 3:37 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger and Manolo Sanchez.
Refreshments
Manolo Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:37 pm.
Richard (“Dick”) Wilson
-Contact with Kissinger
The President and Kissinger left at 3:37 pm.Also recorded on June 17, 1971
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- 261-014 2:22 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:22 pm to 2:37 pm.
- 005-110 2:41 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:41 pm.
- 524-026 2:41 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:41 pm.
- 524-027 2:42 PM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Charles W. Colson, Clark MacGregor, Barry M. Goldwater, White House photographer, Henry A. Kissinger, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:42 pm to 3:33 pm.
- 524-010 3:37 PM · 47 sec — Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:37 pm and 5:15 pm.
- 063-001 5:12 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:12 pm on June 17, 1971 and 10:05 am on June 28, 1971.
- 525-001 5:15 PM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:15 pm to 6:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 524-028, June 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/524-028 (accessed October 24, 2026).