Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-123

Nixon phone call with Sanchez on New Year's Day and Spain

Saturday, January 1, 1972 · 10:28 AM–10:29 AM ET · White House Telephone · 44 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, FinaConversation017-123 on Tape 17 (tape position 04:00:05–04:00:49)StartSaturday, January 1, 1972 at 10:28 AMEndSaturday, January 1, 1972 at 10:29 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 017-123 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Fina Sanchez engaged in a brief New Year's Day telephone call to discuss Sanchez’s recent travel plans to Spain. The conversation focused on the welfare of their respective families, specifically the mothers of Sanchez and Manolo, as well as the delivery of gifts from the President. No major policy decisions were made, as the exchange served primarily as a personal holiday greeting and a coordination of social scheduling.

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Hello.
I have seen us, sir.
Yeah.
There you are.

NARA Description

On January 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Fina Sanchez talked on the telephone from 10:28 am to 10:29 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-123 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 17-123

Date: January 1, 1972
Time: 10:28 am - 10:29 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Fina Sanchez.

[See Conversation No. 311-12]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/22/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[017-123-w001]
[Duration: 40s]

     Fina Sanchez’s visit to Spain
          -Mothers of Manolo and Fina Sanchez
               -Gifts from the President
          -Schedule

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Also recorded on January 1, 1972

  • 017-122 9:40 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 10:28 am.
  • 311-011 9:40 AM · 16 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 9:40 am and 10:28 am.
  • 311-012 10:28 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Fina Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:28 am to 10:29 am.
  • 017-124 10:29 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:29 am and 10:57 am.
  • 311-013 10:29 AM · 14 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 10:29 am and 10:57 am.
  • 017-125 10:57 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 10:57 am to 11:19 am.
  • 311-014 10:57 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:57 am to 11:19 am.
  • 017-126 11:54 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 2:42 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 017-123, January 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-123 (accessed October 11, 2026).