Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 311 › Conversation 311-015

Nixon & Sanchez on Dictation equipment and Executive Office Building

Saturday, January 1, 1972 · 11:54 AM–2:42 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation311-015 on Tape 311 (tape position 00:27:52–00:30:33)StartSaturday, January 1, 1972 at 11:54 AMEndSaturday, January 1, 1972 at 2:42 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 311-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, to coordinate the retrieval of dictation equipment. Nixon instructed Sanchez to locate a small dictaphone, specifying that it could be found in either the mobile office or one of the back rooms. This administrative exchange facilitated the President's ability to record correspondence or notes while working from the Executive Office Building.

Dictation equipment
Manolo Sanchez
White House administration
Executive Office Building
Presidential workflow

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NARA Description

On January 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 2:42 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 311-15

Date: January 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:54 am and 2:42 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Dictaphone
          -Oval Office
          -Sanchez to deliver

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:42 pm.

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You would go over and get one of my small victim loans.

Victim loan, yes, sir.

There's probably one over in the mobile office.

You are here in the background.

Yes, sir.

Smaller.

Also recorded on January 1, 1972

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.
017-127 11:54 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 2:42 pm.
017-128 11:54 AM · 7 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.
017-129 11:54 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 2:42 pm.
311-016 11:54 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 2:42 pm.
311-017 11:54 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 2:42 pm.
311-018 11:54 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 2:42 pm.
311-019 11:54 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 2:42 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 311-015, 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/311-015 (accessed November 8, 2026).