Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 9 › Conversation 009-033

Sanchez phone call on Patrick J. Buchanan and Information management

Wednesday, September 15, 1971 · 9:22 PM ET · White House Telephone ·13 sec

ParticipantsWhite House operator;  Sanchez, ManoloConversation009-033 onTape 9 (tape position 01:12:31–01:12:44)StartWednesday, September 15, 1971 at 9:22 PMEndWednesday, September 15, 1971 at 9:22 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-033 ↗

AI Summary

The White House operator contacted Manolo Sanchez to determine if President Nixon still required a telephone call from Patrick J. Buchanan. Sanchez indicated that the call was no longer necessary because the President had already received the relevant information. This brief exchange served to cancel the scheduled communication and close the matter.

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Hello.
Hello, Manolo.
Yes.
Does the president still want Mr. Buchanan to have him on the line?
No, no.
It's perfectly all right.
He had the information already.
Thank you.
He's got the information already.
All right.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On September 15, 1971, the White House operator and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at 9:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-033 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-33

Date: September 15, 1971
Time: 9:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with Manolo Sanchez.

     Call from Patrick J. Buchanan
           -Information received

Also recorded on September 16, 1971

  • 009-034 9:20 AM · 56 sec — Stephen B. Bull, the White House operator, and unknown person(s) [George P. Shultz's secretary] talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:33 am.
  • 009-035 9:20 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:33 am.
  • 278-040 9:20 AM · 8 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 9:20 am and 10:33 am.
  • 278-041 9:20 AM · 23 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 9:20 am and 10:33 am.
  • 278-042 9:20 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:33 am.
  • 278-043 9:20 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:33 am.
  • 278-044 9:20 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:33 am.
  • 278-045 9:20 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:33 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-033, September 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-033 (accessed September 18, 2026).