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Nixon & Sanchez on Daily operations

Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 10:26 AM–10:35 AM ET · Oval Office · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation618-002 on Tape 618 (tape position 00:05:01–00:10:19)StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 10:26 AMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 10:35 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 618-002 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179681 ↗

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On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 10:35 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 618-002 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 618-2

Date: November 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:26 am and 10:35 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     The President's schedule

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:35 am.

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  • 014-034 10:22 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 10:22 am to 10:26 am.
  • 618-001 10:22 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:22 am to 10:26 am.
  • 618-003 10:26 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, John C. Whitaker, and Earl L. Butz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 10:51 am.
  • 298-001 11:24 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:29 am.
  • 298-002 11:24 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:29 am.
  • 298-003 11:24 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:29 am.
  • 298-004 11:24 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:29 am.
  • 298-005 11:29 AM · 1 hr 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:29 am to 1:16 pm.

Conversation 618-002, November 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179681). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/618-002 (accessed November 2, 2026).