Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 311 › Conversation 311-058

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal affairs and Presidential staff

Sunday, January 2, 1972 · 7:12 PM–8:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation311-058 on Tape 311 (tape position 02:59:05–03:02:40)StartSunday, January 2, 1972 at 7:12 PMEndSunday, January 2, 1972 at 8:35 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 311-058 ↗

President Nixon held a private meeting with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation primarily consisted of personal matters, as indicated by the withdrawal of the recorded segment for privacy reasons. No substantive policy discussions or executive actions were documented during this brief encounter.

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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 02:59:05 into the tape and ends around 03:02:40.

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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 311-058 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 311-58

Date: January 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:12 pm and 8:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 7s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:35 pm.
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Conversation 311-058, 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/311-058 (accessed October 9, 2026).