President Nixon held a brief meeting with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office. The conversation was extremely short, lasting less than a minute, and concerned personal matters rather than official policy. No substantive administrative or political decisions were recorded during this interaction.
On October 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:29 pm and 6:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 802-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 802-8
Date: October 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:29 pm and 6:30 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:30 pmNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.