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Nixon & Sanchez on White House logistics and Executive Office Building

Friday, October 29, 1971 · 12:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 26 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation607-019 on Tape 607 (tape position 04:24:54–04:25:21)StartFriday, October 29, 1971 at 12:59 PMEndFriday, October 29, 1971 at 12:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 607-019 ↗

President Nixon met briefly with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics regarding the President's upcoming schedule. The discussion focused on Nixon's movement to the Executive Office Building. The meeting concluded quickly with no substantive policy developments.

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I'm going to leave you here.
Yes, sir.
One minute.

On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 607-019 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 607-019

Date: October 29, 1971
Time: 12:59 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     [Unintelligible]

     The President's schedule
          -Executive Office Building [EOB]

Sanchez left at 12:59 pm.
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Conversation 607-019, October 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/607-019 (accessed September 30, 2026).