President Nixon held a brief meeting with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office. The discussion functioned as a routine check-in between the President and a member of his domestic staff. No formal policy deliberations or substantive administrative decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.
On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:02 am and 10:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 656-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 656-8
Date: January 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:02 and 10:08 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 11/30/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[656-008-w001]
[Duration: 7s]
Request
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:08 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.