Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 41 › Conversation 041-006

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Manolo Sanchez

Monday, June 18, 1973 · 7:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation041-006 on Tape 41StartMonday, June 18, 1973 at 7:12 PMEndMonday, June 18, 1973 at 7:12 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 041-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a meeting with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez. The conversation serves as a direct administrative directive to facilitate this request. No further policy or strategic matters are addressed during this brief call.

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Get Manolo, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On June 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 41-6

Date: June 18, 1973
Time: 7:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for meeting
          -Manolo Sanchez

Also recorded on June 18, 1973

  • 447-008 4:31 PM · 35 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 4:31 pm and 5:15 pm.
  • 447-009 4:31 PM · 2 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 4:31 pm and 5:15 pm.
  • 447-010 4:31 PM · 20 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 4:31 pm and 5:15 pm.
  • 944-004 5:49 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:49 pm and 6:14 pm.
  • 944-005 5:49 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John A. Love, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:49 pm to 6:14 pm.
  • 944-006 6:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:15 pm to 6:16 pm.
  • 944-007 6:19 PM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:19 pm to 6:54 pm.
  • 944-010 6:54 PM · 6 sec — Ronald L. Ziegler and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:54 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 041-006, June 18, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-006 (accessed October 9, 2026).