Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-157
Hair & Sanchez on White House maintenance and White House residence
Friday, January 28, 1972 · 6:13 PM–11:35 PM ET · White House Telephone · 26 sec
AI Summary
Manolo Sanchez coordinates with Ray Hair of the White House usher's office to arrange for urgent maintenance on a fireplace in the residence. Sanchez specifically requests that the technician bring a container suitable for handling hot ashes. This brief exchange serves to facilitate immediate site upkeep within the executive living quarters.
- White House maintenance
- Manolo Sanchez
- Ray Hair
- White House residence
- facility operations
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NARA Description
On January 28, 1972, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Ray Hair talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:13 pm and 11:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-157 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 19-157
Date: January 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:13 pm and 11:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Manolo Sanchez talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to the White House usher's office
Sanchez talked with Ray Hair.
Maintenance
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 019-157, January 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-157 (accessed October 12, 2026).