Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-076

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Manolo Sanchez

Friday, October 27, 1972 · 7:24 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-076 on Tape 32StartFriday, October 27, 1972 at 7:24 PMEndFriday, October 27, 1972 at 7:24 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-076 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator locate Manolo Sanchez and ask him to come to the Lincoln Sitting Room. This brief communication served to facilitate a personal meeting between the President and his longtime valet. No other policy matters or substantive discussions were addressed during this exchange.

Audio

Download MP3 · 0.3 MB

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data

Do you ask Manoa to come to the Lincoln sitting room, please?
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On October 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-076 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 032-076

Date: October 27, 1972
Time: 7:24 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

        Request for meeting with Manolo Sanchez
           -Lincoln Sitting Room

Also recorded on October 27, 1972

  • 110-001 3:43 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 3:43 pm on October 27, 1972 and 11:08 am on November 8, 1972.
  • 110-002 3:43 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 3:43 pm on October 27, 1972 and 11:08 am on November 8, 1972.
  • 808-012 3:44 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:44 pm to 3:45 pm.
  • 808-013 3:45 PM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Souvanna Phouma, Pheng Norindr, William H. Sullivan, Alex G. Toumayan, the White House photographer, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:45 pm to 4:40 pm.
  • 808-014 4:40 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:40 pm and 4:42 pm.
  • 808-015 4:45 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:45 pm to 5:11 pm.
  • 808-016 5:11 PM · 18 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:11 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 032-077 7:24 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:24 pm and 9:30 pm.

All 51 conversations from October 27, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 032-076, October 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-076 (accessed October 12, 2026).