Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 315 › Conversation 315-013

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and White House domestic life

Monday, January 17, 1972 · 1:44 PM–1:50 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation315-013 on Tape 315 (tape position 00:41:54–00:44:06)StartMonday, January 17, 1972 at 1:44 PMEndMonday, January 17, 1972 at 1:50 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 315-013 ↗

President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, met briefly to discuss incidental personal matters and the care of the President's dog. The conversation was limited in scope, focusing on routine administrative details regarding the President's personal life. No major policy decisions or significant political developments resulted from this brief exchange.

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44:16One dog.
44:17Infidental matter.
44:21I noticed that, uh...

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 1:44 pm and 1:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 315-013 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 315-13

Date: January 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:44 pm and 1:50 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:50 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.
  • 315-001 1:25 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 1:25 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.
  • 315-009 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 · 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 1:40 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 · 48 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.
  • 315-014 1:50 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Marjorie P. Acker, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:50 pm to 2:15 pm.

Conversation 315-013, 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/315-013 (accessed September 29, 2026).