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Nixon & Sanchez on Oval Office and Personal valet

Friday, October 22, 1971 · 8:08 AM–8:50 AM ET · Oval Office · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation599-001 on Tape 599 (tape position 00:08:05–00:12:33)StartFriday, October 22, 1971 at 8:08 AMEndFriday, October 22, 1971 at 8:50 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 599-001 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179227 ↗

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NARA Description

On October 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 599-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 599-001

Date: October 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:08 am and 8:50 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Request for briefcase

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:50 am.

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I'm taking my briefcase and I'll get on with our business.

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  • 012-081 8:08 AM · 8 min — the White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Lodge, and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 3:05 pm.
  • 599-002 8:08 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:50 am.
  • 599-018 8:08 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:50 am.
  • 599-003 8:50 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:50 am to 8:52 am.
  • 599-004 8:58 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:58 am to 8:59 am.
  • 599-005 9:06 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:06 am to 9:25 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 599-001, October 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179227). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/599-001 (accessed November 2, 2026).