Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 675 › Conversation 675-009

Sanchez on Oval Office and Personnel matters

Tuesday, February 29, 1972 · 10:06 AM–11:45 AM ET · Oval Office · 29 sec

ParticipantsSanchez, Manolo; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation675-009 on Tape 675 (tape position 02:01:04–02:01:33)StartTuesday, February 29, 1972 at 10:06 AMEndTuesday, February 29, 1972 at 11:45 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 675-009 ↗

AI Summary

Personal aide Manolo Sanchez met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to engage in a brief, vague exchange. The participants expressed collective dissatisfaction, repeatedly asserting that a situation was "not good" and required termination. No specific policy matters or actionable directives were identified during this short, ambiguous interaction.

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It's not good.
We need to stop.
It's not good.
It's not good.
It's not good.
It's not good.
It's not good.
It's not good.

NARA Description

On February 29, 1972, Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 11:45 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 675-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 675-9
Date: February 29, 1972
Timing: Unknown between 10:06 am and 11:45 am
Location: Oval Office

Manolo Sanchez met with an unknown person.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 08/30/2022.]
[Unintelligible]
[675-009-w001]
[Duration: 29s]

     General conversation [?]

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Sanchez and the unknown person left at an unknown timing before 11:45 am.

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  • 675-010 11:45 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:45 am to 11:59 am.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 675-009, February 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/675-009 (accessed October 10, 2026).