Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 594 › Conversation 594-009
Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff
Monday, October 18, 1971 · 12:44 PM–12:46 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his longtime valet, Manolo Sanchez, for a brief exchange regarding personal logistics and social arrangements. The discussion touched upon the distribution of photographs and travel plans for visitors. The interaction concluded with mutual expressions of appreciation and final pleasantries.
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NARA Description
On October 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 12:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 594-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 594-9
Date: October 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:44 pm and 12:46 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 13s ]
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:46 pm.
Conversation No. 594-10/595-1
Date: October 18, 1971
Time: 12:46 pm - 1:15 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Salutations
US foreign relations
-India-Pakistan
-India
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Anatolity F. Dobrynin
- Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan
-George H. W. Bush
-Speech at the United Nations [UN]
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-UN
-William P. Rogers
-Possible meeting of Haig, Rogers, Bush and the President
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Rogers
-Strategy for UN vote on Taiwan
-Panama
-Greece
-Turkey
-Use of US ambassadors
-Venezuela
-Oil
-Greece and Turkey
-Congress
-Foreign aid
-African countries
-Adam Malik
-White House
-Rogers-Bush position
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Planting of question
Conv. No. 594-10/595-1 (cont.)
-The president's position
-Secretary of State
-PRC
-Taiwan
-Chou En-lai
-Ziegler
-Bush
-Speech
-Ziegler
-Rogers
-Bush
-Press conference
-The President
-Administration position
-Rogers
-Soviet Naval task force
-Cuba
-Kissinger
-Dobrynin
-Aleksei N. Kosygin’s visit to Cuba
-Kissinger
-Press
-Gerard C. Smith
-Washington Post
-The President’s trip to Moscow
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-[Forename unknown] Getler
-Defense Department
-Haldeman
-State
-Defense
US foreign policy
-Relationship with media
-Memorandum from Haig and the President
-Smith
-Rogers
-Ziegler
-Nobel peace prize
-Senior Review Group [SRG]
-Cambodia
Conv. No. 594-10/595-1 (cont.)
-US involvement
-Press stories
-Melvin R. Laird
-Hill liaison
-Senate foreign relations committee
-Administration policy
-Relationship with media
-Smith
-Rogers
-News summaries
-Paul H. Nitze
-Smith
-Defense Department
-Rogers
-Bush
-Timing regarding UN votes
-Richard A. Moore
-Ireland
-John D. Moore
-English
-Airline issue
-John M. Lynch's note
-UN vote
-Effect in US
-US membership in UN
-Administration position
-Kissinger
-Soviets
-North Vietnam
-Rice crop
-Pol
-Soviets
-Deliveries
-Peking
Conv. No. 594-10/595-1 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 3s ]
NORTH VIETNAM
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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-Kissinger
-Moscow
-Paris
-Hanoi
-Letter
-Dobrynin
-Moscow
Letter
-Band people
-Laird
John B. Connally trip
-Announcement
-Indonesians
-Japanese
-Ambassador
-Okinawa
-Eisaku Sato
Conv. No. 594-10/595-1 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[National Security]
[Duration: 18s ]
JAPAN
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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-Purpose of Connally’s visit
-Indonesians
-Timing
-Sato
-Congress
-Conflict with administration
-Public relations
-Timing of announcement
-Robert H. Finch’s trip
-Bangkok
-Indonesia
-Saigon
-Philippines
-Japan
-Tokyo
-Hong Kong
This conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 1:15 pm; it is continued on Oval 595.Also recorded on October 18, 1971
- 594-005 12:01 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, Robert H. Finch, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:01 pm to 12:35 pm.
- 594-006 12:35 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:37 pm.
- 594-007 12:37 PM · 8 min — George T. Bell, Thomas G. Walters, Mrs. Thomas G. Walters, Clarence M. Tarr, Mrs. Clarence M. Tarr, Arthur L. Sparks, Mrs. Arthur L. Sparks, Vincent G. Walkendifer, Mrs. Vincent G. Walkendifer, Gertrude G. Davis, Carleton J. Chace, James W. Stone, Mrs. James W. Stone, Ted R. Gardner, Mrs. Ted R. Gardner, Col. Glenn R. Johnson, F. E. O'Connor, Luther L. Miller, Joe G. Attebery, Mrs. Joe G. Attebery, Ed W. Meadows, Mrs. Ed W. Meadows, Ray Hillyard, Charles J. Turrisi, Mrs. Charles J. Turrisi, Ben W. Graybill, David M. Magee, Chris J. O'Neill, Judith E. Park, and Katherine G. Slade met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:37 pm to 12:44 pm.
- 594-008 12:44 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 12:46 pm.
- 594-010 12:46 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:46 pm to 1:15 pm.
- 595-001 12:46 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:46 pm to 1:15 pm.
- 595-002 1:15 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:15 pm to 1:29 pm.
- 595-003 1:29 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:29 pm and 2:22 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 594-009, October 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/594-009 (accessed October 14, 2026).