Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-064

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Manolo Sanchez

Wednesday, May 10, 1972 · 12:06 PM–12:32 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation024-064 on Tape 24 (tape position 01:19:47–01:19:53)StartWednesday, May 10, 1972 at 12:06 PMEndWednesday, May 10, 1972 at 12:32 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-064 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal connection with his valet, Manolo Sanchez. The President requested that the operator check Sanchez's availability to receive a telephone call immediately. This brief interaction served solely to coordinate the staff communication for the President.

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Could you see if Manola could take a call now, please?
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On May 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:32 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-064 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-64

Date: May 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:06 pm and 12:32 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 337-13]

     Request for a call to Manolo Sanchez

Also recorded on May 10, 1972

  • 337-010 12:06 PM · 41 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 12:06 pm and 12:32 pm.
  • 337-011 12:06 PM · 7 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 12:06 pm and 12:32 pm.
  • 337-012 12:06 PM · 1 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 12:06 pm and 12:32 pm.
  • 337-013 12:06 PM · 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 12:06 pm and 12:32 pm.
  • 337-014 12:06 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:32 pm.
  • 024-065 12:32 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone from 12:32 pm to 12:33 pm.
  • 337-015 12:35 PM · 32 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 12:35 pm and 12:36 pm.
  • 337-016 12:36 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:36 pm to 1:02 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-064, May 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-064 (accessed October 12, 2026).