Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-003

Sanchez phone call on H.R. Haldeman and Oval Office

Thursday, October 5, 1972 · 3:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec

ParticipantsSanchez, Manolo; White House operatorConversation031-003 on Tape 31StartThursday, October 5, 1972 at 3:02 PMEndThursday, October 5, 1972 at 3:02 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-003 ↗

AI Summary

Manolo Sanchez spoke with the White House operator to confirm the current location and movements of President Nixon. The exchange served to facilitate a scheduled transition for H.R. Haldeman, who was en route to meet with the President in the Oval Office. This brief coordination ensured that the staff could successfully connect Haldeman with the President upon his arrival.

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Mr. President, Mr. Haldeman.
He's on his way to the Oval Office.
He's on the way to the Oval Office?
Yes.
All right, thank you.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On October 5, 1972, Manolo Sanchez and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-3

Date: October 5, 1972
Time: 3:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with Manolo Sanchez.

[See Conversation No. 364-12A]

        H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's call to the President

        The President's location
            -Oval Office

Also recorded on October 5, 1972

  • 364-005 1:36 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:36 pm and 2:05 pm.
  • 364-006 1:36 PM · 20 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 1:36 pm and 2:05 pm.
  • 364-007 1:36 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:36 pm and 2:05 pm.
  • 364-011 2:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:05 pm to 2:10 pm.
  • 364-012 2:10 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 3:03 pm.
  • 364-013 3:02 PM · 12 sec — Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:02 pm and 3:04 pm.
  • 792-003 3:03 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 3:04 pm.
  • 792-004 3:04 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Robert J. Dole, Bryce N. Harlow, John N. Mitchell, White House photographer, James D. Hodgson, Donald E. Johnson, and John F. Evans, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:04 pm to 4:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-003, October 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-003 (accessed October 12, 2026).