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Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential valet and White House personal staff

Sunday, January 9, 1972 · 2:57 PM–4:42 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 31 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation312-033 on Tape 312 (tape position 01:38:05–01:38:33)StartSunday, January 9, 1972 at 2:57 PMEndSunday, January 9, 1972 at 4:42 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 312-033 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building for an informal discussion. While a portion of the conversation was designated as personal and subsequently withdrawn, the brief encounter centered on routine personal or administrative matters between the President and his long-time staff member. No significant policy decisions or official government actions were recorded during this segment of the meeting.

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Position in tape: 01:38:05 – 01:38:33

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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 312-033 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 312-33

Date: January 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:57 pm and 4:42 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 13s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:42 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The entire recording consists of silence or static due to withdrawn personal returnable content; no intelligible speech is present. Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.

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.
  • 312-015 2:57 PM · 45 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 312-033, 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/312-033 (accessed November 13, 2026).