Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 312 › Conversation 312-015
Nixon & Sanchez on Rose Mary Woods and dictabelts
Sunday, January 9, 1972 · 2:57 PM–4:42 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 45 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss administrative tasks and logistical details regarding his daily schedule. The conversation focused on the transcription of dictabelts, with Nixon providing instructions to ensure the materials were handled by his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The discussion served to streamline the President's workflow and manage the processing of official documentation.
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Position in tape: 01:37:19 – 01:38:05
part A, 1:37:21
NARA Description
On January 9, 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 2:57 pm and 4:42 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 312-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 312-15
Date: January 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:57 pm and 4:42 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
The President’s schedule
Transcription of dictabelts
-Rose Mary Woods
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:42 pmTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on January 9, 1972
- 018-022 1:35 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:35 pm.
- 312-011 1:35 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:35 pm.
- 312-012 1:35 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 2:56 pm.
- 312-013 1:35 PM · 6 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 1:35 pm and 2:56 pm.
- 018-023 2:56 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nora L. Moore talked on the telephone from 2:56 pm to 2:57 pm.
- 312-014 2:56 PM · 1 hr 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nora L. Moore met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:56 pm to 2:57 pm.
- 018-024 2:57 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:57 pm and 4:42 pm.
- 312-033 2:57 PM · 31 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 2:57 pm and 4:42 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 312-015, January 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/312-015 (accessed November 13, 2026).