Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-012
Nixon phone call with Sanchez on personal staff
Monday, April 17, 1972 · 8:11 PM–8:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Richard M. Nixon held a brief telephone conversation with his longtime personal valet, Manolo Sanchez. Given the very short duration of the call and the lack of a formal transcript, the exchange was purely personal or administrative in nature rather than a discussion of policy or state affairs. No substantive executive decisions or historical developments were recorded during this brief interaction.
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NARA Description
On April 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone from 8:11 pm to 8:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-12
Date: April 17, 1972
Time: 8:11-8:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Manolo Sanchez.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/21/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[023-012-w001]
[Duration: 9s]
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*****************************************************************Also recorded on April 18, 1972
- 023-013 9:18 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:20 am.
- 711-001 9:18 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:20 am.
- 711-002 9:18 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:20 am.
- 023-014 9:20 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 9:20 am to 9:23 am.
- 711-003 9:20 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Manolo Sanchez, Alexander P. Butterfield, Melvin R. Laird, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:02 am.
- 023-015 9:23 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:23 am and 9:27 am.
- 023-016 9:27 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:27 am.
- 023-017 9:55 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Melvin R. Laird talked on the telephone from 9:55 am to 9:56 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-012, April 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-012 (accessed October 12, 2026).