Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-034

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Manolo Sanchez

Tuesday, May 29, 1973 · 9:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation039-034 on Tape 39StartTuesday, May 29, 1973 at 9:15 PMEndTuesday, May 29, 1973 at 9:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 039-034 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to issue a specific administrative request regarding his personal staff. He directed that Manolo Sanchez be summoned to the Lincoln Sitting Room. This brief communication focused solely on arranging this meeting with his aide.

Audio

Download MP3 · 0.4 MB

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data

Yes, please.
Would you ask Manola to come to the Lincoln Room, please?
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On May 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-034 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 39-34

Date: May 29, 1973
Time: 9:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

The President conferred with an unknown person.

[Begin conferral]

       Affirmation

[End conferral]

       Request for Manolo Sanchez’s presence in Lincoln Sitting Room

Also recorded on May 30, 1973

  • 039-035 9:23 PM · 4 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:23 pm to 9:25 pm.
  • 930-001 8:43 AM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:06 am.
  • 930-002 8:43 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:06 am.
  • 930-003 8:43 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:06 am.
  • 930-004 8:43 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:06 am.
  • 930-005 8:43 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:06 am.
  • 930-006 8:43 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:06 am.
  • 930-007 9:06 AM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), Huang Chen, and Chi Chñíí_ao Chu met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:06 am to 9:42 am.

All 10 conversations from May 30, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 039-034, May 30, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-034 (accessed September 19, 2026).