Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 621 › Conversation 621-005
Nixon & Sanchez on Henry Kissinger
Thursday, November 18, 1971 · 7:49 AM–8:01 AM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
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.
Audio
part A, 6:39
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NARA Description
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 Aid
Conversation 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.Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
Also recorded on November 18, 1971
- 015-017 7:49 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am.
- 621-001 7:49 AM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am.
- 621-002 7:49 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am.
- 621-003 7:49 AM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am.
- 621-004 7:49 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am.
- 621-006 8:01 AM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:01 am.
- 294-001 8:02 AM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:02 am and 8:07 am.
- 294-002 8:02 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:02 am and 8:07 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 621-005, November 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/621-005 (accessed November 15, 2026).