Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-070

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Manolo Sanchez

Tuesday, January 2, 1973 · 10:01 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation035-070 on Tape 35StartTuesday, January 2, 1973 at 10:01 PMEndTuesday, January 2, 1973 at 10:01 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-070 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to his longtime valet and personal aide, Manolo Sanchez. The President provided specific instructions to reach Sanchez at his residence, stipulating that the attempt should be abandoned if he was not immediately available. This brief exchange highlights the President's informal reliance on White House staff for personal communication.

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Operator, would you ring Manolo, please?
If he's not in the house, forget it.
He may be out or something, but if he's in the house, I'll talk to him.
All right, sir.

NARA Description

On January 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-070 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-70

Date: January 2, 1973
Time: 10:01 pm
Location: White House Telephone
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                                 Conversation No. 35-70 (cont’d)

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for a call to Manolo Sanchez

Also recorded on January 3, 1973

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  • 831-001 9:40 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:40 am to 9:46 am.
  • 831-002 9:46 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:46 am and 9:49 am.
  • 831-003 9:49 AM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:49 am to 10:50 am.
  • 831-004 10:50 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 11:00 am.
  • 831-005 11:00 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm.
  • 831-006 11:30 AM · 1 hr 40 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 1:00 pm.
  • 035-071 1:01 PM · 2 min — Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Hugh Scott, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 1:01 pm to 1:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-070, January 3, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-070 (accessed October 12, 2026).