Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 311 › Conversation 311-050

Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential Valet and Personal Matters

Sunday, January 2, 1972 · 4:07 PM–6:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation311-050 on Tape 311 (tape position 02:42:26–02:44:00)StartSunday, January 2, 1972 at 4:07 PMEndSunday, January 2, 1972 at 6:35 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 311-050 ↗

President Richard Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The recording is extremely brief and consists of personal matters that have been withdrawn from public access. Consequently, no substantive policy discussions or significant political developments are captured in this segment.

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 02:42:26 into the tape and ends around 02:44:00.

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On January 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-050 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 311-50

Date: January 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:35 pm.
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  • 311-048 3:58 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:58 pm to 4:07 pm.
  • 017-149 4:07 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm.
  • 311-049 4:07 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm.
  • 311-051 4:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm.
  • 311-052 4:07 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm.
  • 311-053 4:07 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm.

Conversation 311-050, January 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/311-050 (accessed September 28, 2026).