President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, to coordinate the President's morning schedule. The primary focus of the brief discussion was the logistics of Nixon’s transition to his office in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation concluded with arrangements for a scheduled meeting with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger.
On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 621-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 621-5
Date: November 18, 1971
Time: Unknown after 7:49 am until 8:01 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
The President's schedule
-Old Executive Office Building [EOB] office
-Henry A. Kissinger
Sanchez left at 8:01 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.