Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 613 › Conversation 613-007
Sanchez & United States Secret Service agents on State Dinner
Tuesday, November 2, 1971 · 6:55 PM–6:58 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
AI Summary
Secret Service agents and White House valet Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics and security protocols for the President's schedule and an upcoming State Dinner. The discussion addressed concerns regarding functional issues with a workplace system and established movement plans. These logistical arrangements ensured the security and transition of the President to his next scheduled engagement.
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NARA Description
On November 2, 1971, United States Secret Service agents and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:55 pm and 6:58 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 613-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 613-007
Date: November 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:55 pm and 6:58 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.
The President's schedule
-Rose Mary Woods
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 6:55 pm.
-The President's location
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:58 pm.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 06/03/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[613-007-w001]
[Duration: 45s]
[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.]
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The unknown people left and the President and unknown men entered at an unknown time.
State Dinner, November 2, 1971
The President and the unknown men left at an unknown time before 6:58 p.m.Transcript (AI-generated)
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- 613-004 4:35 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 613-005 4:40 PM · 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Rose Mary Woods, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:40 pm to 5:24 pm.
- 613-006 5:25 PM · 1 hr 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, Clark MacGregor, Henry A. Kissinger, Richard K. Cook, Ronald L. Ziegler and Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:25 pm to 6:55 pm.
- 613-008 6:58 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:58 pm to 7:00 pm.
- 613-009 7:00 PM · 5 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:00 pm and 11:59 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 613-007, November 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179519). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/613-007 (accessed November 2, 2026).