Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 559 › Conversation 559-004

Sanchez & United States Secret Service agents on office equipment

Tuesday, August 10, 1971 · 10:05 AM–11:59 AM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

Participants[Unknown person(s)]; Sanchez, Manolo; United States Secret Service agentsConversation559-004 on Tape 559 (tape position 01:03:00–01:06:42)StartTuesday, August 10, 1971 at 10:05 AMEndTuesday, August 10, 1971 at 11:59 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 559-004 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417178803 ↗

AI Summary

Manolo Sanchez and an unknown individual met with Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to coordinate the physical placement of specific objects within the room. The discussion focused on logistical details regarding equipment setup, including the positioning of a screen and table, as well as clarifying procedural standards for placement. The meeting concluded after the participants successfully determined the desired arrangement of these items.

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NARA Description

On August 10, 1971, unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 11:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 559-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 559-004

Date: August 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:05 am and 11:59 am
Location: Oval Office

An unknown man met with Manolo Sanchez; unknown people [Secret Service agents] were
present at the beginning of the meeting.

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[Previous PRMPA Federal Statute (A) withdrawal. This segment was rereviewed 06/14/2019
with new guidance. Segment cleared for release.]
[Federal Statute]
[559-004-w002]
[Duration: 4s]

     Placement of unknown object

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     The President’s location

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[Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/14/2019. Segment
cleared for release.]
[Non-Historical Returnable]
[559-004-w001]
[Duration: 1m 54s]

     General conversation

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The unknown man and Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:59 am.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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It's over here.
Yes, thank you very much.
Do you feel better?
Yeah, I feel better, yeah.
Good, because I said, and that's the thing, you know.
Start right here, two.
You have to stay there.
You have a good ground.
And then you just set the screen and stop it.
and that you passed off the one who said that they wasn't the cause of the table, but the one who suffered no hatred.
Well, but you can put nothing in the mirror, although we can put you in more tables, but how you can pass to certain countries?
Yeah.
Just one question, would they, would they put in here a G or a J, a G, the way you can serve?
And would you not put it in here?
I don't have papers and a pencil in my hands, and sometimes I can't even put it in the floor.
I don't know if that's the law.
Well, it depends.
It's one of the standards.
Sometimes it's a vision of them.
I don't have a place to put the card.
Thank you.

Also recorded on August 10, 1971

  • 559-003 9:11 AM · 54 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), White House operator, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:11 am to 10:05 am.
  • 068-006 9:14 AM · 6 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 10:05 am.
  • 068-007 9:14 AM · 2 hr 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and staffers, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Melvin R. Laird, David Packard, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Gen. John D. Ryan, Gen. William C. Westmoreland, Gen. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., Brig. Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 11:54 am.
  • 007-083 9:28 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:28 am to 9:30 am.
  • 007-084 9:30 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 2:33 pm.
  • 559-005 10:05 AM · 7 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 11:59 am.
  • 559-006 10:05 AM · 35 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 11:59 am.
  • 559-024 10:05 AM · 10 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 11:59 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 559-004, August 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417178803). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/559-004 (accessed November 1, 2026).