President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to handle personal or administrative business involving a briefcase. The meeting served as a brief, private interaction between the President and a trusted staff member. No further details regarding the contents of the briefcase or specific decisions are available due to the lack of a transcript.
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 4:07 pm and 6:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-031 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 311-31
Date: January 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:07 pm and 6:12 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Briefcase
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:12 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.