Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 626 › Conversation 626-015
Sanchez on Oval Office and Ronald L. Ziegler
Tuesday, November 30, 1971 · 6:09 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
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.
Audio
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.
NARA Description
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 Aid
Conversation 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.Also recorded on November 30, 1971
- 015-174 11:23 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:23 am.
- 626-011 12:03 PM · 11 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 3:40 pm.
- 015-175 3:48 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 3:55 pm.
- 626-012 3:48 PM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, Clark MacGregor, David Reed, Hobart D. Lewis, White House photographer, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:48 pm to 5:10 pm.
- 015-176 3:55 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 3:55 pm to 3:58 pm.
- 626-013 5:10 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:21 pm.
- 626-014 5:21 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:21 pm to 6:09 pm.
- 015-177 5:45 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:45 pm to 5:46 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 626-015, November 30, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/626-015 (accessed October 9, 2026).