Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 314 › Conversation 314-008
Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Tobacco
Thursday, January 13, 1972 · 3:52 PM–3:55 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was for the President to request a supply of tobacco. The exchange concluded immediately following this logistical request.
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NARA Description
On January 13, 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 3:52 pm and 3:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 314-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 314-008
Date: January 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:52 pm and 3:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/25/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[314-008-w001]
[Duration: 8s]
Request
-Tobacco
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:55 pm.Also recorded on January 13, 1972
- 314-002 3:41 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 314-003 3:41 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 314-010 3:45 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 4:12 pm.
- 314-011 3:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 4:12 pm.
- 018-085 3:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 3:50 pm to 3:52 pm.
- 314-006 3:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:50 pm to 3:52 pm.
- 314-007 3:52 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:52 pm and 3:55 pm.
- 314-009 3:55 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and John V. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 314-008, January 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/314-008 (accessed September 29, 2026).