Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 315 › Conversation 315-001

Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential aides

Monday, January 17, 1972 · 1:25 PM–2:39 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation315-001 on Tape 315 (tape position 00:00:52–00:02:05)StartMonday, January 17, 1972 at 1:25 PMEndMonday, January 17, 1972 at 2:39 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 315-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation primarily involved personal matters, as evidenced by the withdrawal of an eleven-second segment classified as a personal returnable. No administrative or policy-related decisions were recorded during this brief interaction.

Audio

part A, 0:52

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 00:00:52 to 00:02:05 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On January 17, 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 1:25 pm and 2:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 315-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 315-1

Date: January 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:25 pm and 2:39 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 11s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:39 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on January 17, 1972

  • 648-005 1:23 PM · 19 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 3:45 pm.
  • 018-088 1:25 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 315-002 1:25 PM · 2 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 1:25 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 315-003 1:25 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 315-009 1:40 PM · 1 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 1:40 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 315-010 1:40 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 315-011 1:43 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Walter R. Tkach met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:43 pm to 1:44 pm.
  • 315-012 1:44 PM · 51 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 1:44 pm and 1:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 315-001, January 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/315-001 (accessed November 13, 2026).