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Nixon & Sanchez on White House Personnel and Unidentified Meeting

Saturday, January 1, 1972 · 10:28 AM–10:29 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, FinaConversation311-012 on Tape 311 (tape position 00:12:04–00:14:02)StartSaturday, January 1, 1972 at 10:28 AMEndSaturday, January 1, 1972 at 10:29 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 311-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, one-minute meeting with Fina Sanchez at the Old Executive Office Building. Due to the lack of a transcript and the redaction of a portion of the record, the specific nature and purpose of this interaction remain officially undisclosed. No substantive policy discussions or actionable decisions were captured in the available documentation for this encounter.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On January 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Fina Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:28 am to 10:29 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 311-12

Date: January 1, 1972
Time: 10:28 am - 10:29 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Fina Sanchez.

[See Conversation No. 17-123; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

Also recorded on January 1, 1972

  • 017-122 9:40 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 10:28 am.
  • 311-011 9:40 AM · 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 9:40 am and 10:28 am.
  • 017-123 10:28 AM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Fina Sanchez talked on the telephone from 10:28 am to 10:29 am.
  • 017-124 10:29 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:29 am and 10:57 am.
  • 311-013 10:29 AM · 14 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 10:29 am and 10:57 am.
  • 017-125 10:57 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 10:57 am to 11:19 am.
  • 311-014 10:57 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:57 am to 11:19 am.
  • 017-126 11:54 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 2:42 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 311-012, January 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/311-012 (accessed October 11, 2026).