Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 620 › Conversation 620-005

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Oval Office

Wednesday, November 17, 1971 · 9:59 AM–10:05 AM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation620-005 on Tape 620 (tape position 01:16:14–01:16:47)StartWednesday, November 17, 1971 at 9:59 AMEndWednesday, November 17, 1971 at 10:05 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 620-005 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179873 ↗

A 13-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On November 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:59 am and 10:05 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 620-005 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 620-005

Date: November 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:59 am and 10:05 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:05 am.

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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Conversation 620-005, November 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179873). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/620-005 (accessed November 15, 2026).