Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 311 › Conversation 311-051

Nixon & Sanchez

Sunday, January 2, 1972 · 4:07 PM–6:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation311-051 on Tape 311 (tape position 02:44:00–02:45:43)StartSunday, January 2, 1972 at 4:07 PMEndSunday, January 2, 1972 at 6:35 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 311-051 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard M. Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, at the Old Executive Office Building. The brief interaction consisted entirely of a personal matter, resulting in a three-second segment that was subsequently withdrawn from public record. No substantive policy discussions or executive actions were documented during this exchange.

Audio

part B, 41:11

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 02:44:00 to 02:45:43 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On January 2, 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 6:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-051 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 311-51

Date: January 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 3s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:35 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on January 2, 1972

  • 017-147 3:50 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 3:58 pm.
  • 017-148 3:58 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:58 pm to 4:07 pm.
  • 311-048 3:58 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:58 pm to 4:07 pm.
  • 017-149 4:07 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm.
  • 311-049 4:07 PM · 3 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 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm.
  • 311-050 4:07 PM · 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 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm.
  • 311-052 4:07 PM · 29 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 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm.
  • 311-053 4:07 PM · 15 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 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 311-051, January 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/311-051 (accessed November 2, 2026).