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 · 2 min
AI Summary
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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Position in tape: 00:41:54 – 00:44:06
part A, 41:43
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 1:44 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.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
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. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 6s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:50 pm.
Transcript (AI-generated)
No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The recording contains no intelligible speech, consisting only of background noise, hum, and occasional movement or handling sounds.
Also recorded on January 17, 1972
- 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 · 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.
- 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.
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Cite this conversation
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 November 13, 2026).