Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 311 › Conversation 311-057
Nixon & Sanchez on Personal affairs and White House staff
Sunday, January 2, 1972 · 7:12 PM–8:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss personal matters. The brief interaction concluded with the withdrawal of a short, personal segment from the public record. No official policy decisions or substantive administrative actions were recorded during this encounter.
Audio
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 02:57:29 into the tape and ends around 02:59:05.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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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 7:12 pm and 8:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-057 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 311-57 Date: January 2, 1972 Time: Unknown between 7:12 pm and 8:35 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Manolo Sanchez. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:35 pm.
Also recorded on January 3, 1972
- 017-151 7:09 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:09 pm to 7:12 pm.
- 311-056 7:09 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:09 pm to 7:12 pm.
- 311-058 7:12 PM · 4 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 7:12 pm and 8:35 pm.
- 311-059 7:12 PM · 55 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 7:12 pm and 8:35 pm.
- 642-001 9:07 PM · 1 hr 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Mark I. Goode, William H. Carruthers, Donald W. Richardson, Robert Wussler, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, Dan Rather, Gordon Manning, William A. Leonard, II, and Gerald L. Warren met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:07 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 017-152 9:30 PM · 10 sec — the White House operator and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:30 pm and 11:11 pm.
- 017-153 9:30 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:30 pm and 11:11 pm.
- 017-154 11:11 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 11:11 pm to 11:12 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 311-057, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/311-057 (accessed October 9, 2026).