Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 24 › Conversation 024-057

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Manolo Sanchez

Tuesday, May 9, 1972 · 12:29 PM–12:31 PM ET · White House Telephone ·9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation024-057 onTape 24 (tape position 01:14:09–01:14:18)StartTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 12:29 PMEndTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 12:31 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-057 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Manolo Sanchez. The operator informed the President that Sanchez had recently been discharged from his hospital room. The conversation served as a brief administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication with a member of the White House staff.

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You get me Manila Sanchez.

I think he's out of the hospital room now.

All right, sir.

NARA Description

On May 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-057 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-57

Date: May 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-28]

     Request for a call to Manolo Sanchez
         -Location
                -Hospital

Also recorded on May 9, 1972

024-055 12:13 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:13 pm and 12:27 pm.
024-056 12:27 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 12:27 pm to 12:29 pm.
338-027 12:27 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 12:29 pm.
338-028 12:29 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 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
024-058 12:31 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:31 pm.
338-029 12:31 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:31 pm.
338-030 12:31 PM · 38 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 12:31 pm and 12:37 pm.
338-031 12:37 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:37 pm to 1:12 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-057, May 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-057 (accessed September 18, 2026).