Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 615 › Conversation 615-024
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Manolo Sanchez
Friday, November 5, 1971 · 12:20 PM–12:25 PM ET · Oval Office · 55 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to briefly discuss an administrative or logistical request regarding a man named Mel. The interaction included a brief appearance by White House valet Manolo Sanchez before the agents departed. The meeting appears to have been limited to routine staff coordination rather than significant policy deliberations.
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NARA Description
On November 5, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 615-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 615-024
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Date: November 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:20 pm and 12:25 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.
Request for Mel [Surname unknown]
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:20 pm.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 06/06/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[615-024-w001]
[Duration: 45s]
King Timahoe
Request
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The unknown men [Secret Service agents] left at an unknown time before 12:25 pm.Also recorded on November 5, 1971
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- 615-023 11:21 AM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Indira Ghandi met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:21 am to 12:20 pm.
- 013-153 12:25 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:52 pm.
- 615-025 12:25 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 12:49 pm.
- 013-154 12:52 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:52 pm to 12:55 pm.
- 615-026 12:52 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:52 pm to 12:55 pm.
- 615-027 12:55 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, John K. Andrews, Jr., John K. Andrews, Sr., and Mrs. John K. Andrews, Sr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 12:57 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 615-024, November 5, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/615-024 (accessed October 12, 2026).