President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office to address a routine administrative matter. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was for the President to request coffee. No other substantive policy or political discussions were recorded during this segment.
On August 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 9:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 553-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 553-1
Date: August 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:35 am and 9:20 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 02/20/2020.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[553-001-w001]
[Duration: 3s]
President’s request for coffee
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:20 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.