Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 541 › Conversation 541-007
Nixon & Sanchez
Wednesday, July 21, 1971 · 5:15 PM–5:21 PM ET · Oval Office · 37 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief meeting with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office. The discussion involved a personal matter categorized as restricted material, which was subsequently withdrawn from the public record. No significant policy decisions or state affairs were recorded during this brief interaction.
Audio
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Position in tape: 02:23:40 – 02:24:14
part B, 21:15
NARA Description
On July 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 541-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 541-7 Date: July 21, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:15 pm and 5:21 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Manolo Sanchez. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 8s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:21 pm.
Transcript (AI-generated)
No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The recording contains no intelligible speech, consisting only of background noise, beeps, and audio redacted/withdrawn as personal returnable material.
Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.
Also recorded on July 21, 1971
- 006-178 4:46 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:46 pm and 5:14 pm.
- 006-179 4:46 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:46 pm and 5:14 pm.
- 541-003 5:04 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:04 pm and 5:07 pm.
- 541-004 5:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:04 pm and 5:07 pm.
- 541-005 5:07 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:07 pm to 5:15 pm.
- 006-180 5:14 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:14 pm.
- 541-006 5:15 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:15 pm.
- 541-008 5:15 PM · 1 hr — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, Charles W. Colson, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 6:19 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 541-007, July 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/541-007 (accessed November 2, 2026).