President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office for a brief, informal morning exchange. The conversation occurred shortly before the President's scheduled departure for his historic trip to China. Due to the lack of a transcript, the specific substance of their interaction remains unrecorded, though it reflects the routine personal access Sanchez maintained with the President during this period.
On February 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:11 am and 8:15 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 674-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 674-1
Date: February 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:11 am and 8:15 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]
Raymond K. Price, Jr. file
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:15 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.