Manolo Sanchez, President Nixon’s personal valet, entered the Oval Office to meet with one or more unknown individuals following a brief, unintelligible interaction involving a potential participant identified as Ronald Ziegler. The conversation remains largely undocumented due to the lack of an available transcript and the poor audio quality of the recording. No specific policy decisions or significant developments are discernable from the surviving archival records.
On November 30, 1971, unknown person(s) and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:09 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 626-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 626-15
Date: November 30, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:09 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men met.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 04/14/2022.]
[Unintelligible]
[626-015-w001]
[Duration: 1m 20s]
Ronald L. Ziegler [?]
An unknown man talked with an unknown person at an unknown time.
Request
[Conversation No. 626-15A]
[End of telephone conversation]
Age[?]
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 6:09 pm.
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The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.