Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 580 › Conversation 580-014
Nixon & Sanchez on Valet services and Presidential household
Wednesday, September 29, 1971 · 1:08 PM–1:15 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office to discuss personal matters or administrative tasks related to the White House residence. While the specific substance of the brief interaction remains unrecorded, the discussion focused on routine household management or valet duties. No significant policy decisions or geopolitical developments resulted from this brief, private meeting.
- Manolo Sanchez
- White House operations
- Valet services
- Presidential household
Audio
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 02:27:04 into the tape and ends around 02:27:19.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On September 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:08 pm and 1:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 580-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 580-14
Date: September 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:08 pm and 1:15 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
President’s location
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:15 pm.Also recorded on September 29, 1971
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- 010-029 11:58 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:58 am to 12:00 pm.
- 010-031 11:58 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:58 am and 7:19 pm.
- 010-030 12:00 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 7:19 pm.
- 580-015 1:08 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:08 pm and 1:15 pm.
- 580-016 1:15 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:15 pm to 1:35 pm.
- 283-001 1:35 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 2:45 pm.
- 580-017 1:35 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 2:55 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 580-014, September 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/580-014 (accessed October 12, 2026).