Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 317 › Conversation 317-001

Nixon & Sanchez on White House logistics and Executive office administration

Monday, January 24, 1972 · 1:05 PM–1:51 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 25 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation317-001 on Tape 317 (tape position 00:00:58–00:02:59)StartMonday, January 24, 1972 at 1:05 PMEndMonday, January 24, 1972 at 1:51 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 317-001 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief administrative check-in. The discussion primarily focused on the President’s daily schedule and logistical arrangements regarding his upcoming movements. No significant policy decisions were reached during this short interaction.

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No, he escaped me.
So, uh, often he is dying.
That's why he's hiding.
I took off, you know.

On January 24, 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 1:05 pm and 1:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 317-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 317-001

Date: January 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 1:51 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 09/30/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[317-001-w001]
[Duration: 24s]

       Pipe [?]
               -Location

       The President's schedule
              -Time

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:51 pm.

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
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  • 019-041 1:05 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:51 pm.
  • 317-002 1:05 PM · 24 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 1:05 pm and 1:51 pm.
  • 317-003 1:05 PM · 14 sec — 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 1:05 pm and 1:51 pm.
  • 317-004 1:05 PM · 8 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 1:05 pm and 1:51 pm.
  • 317-005 1:05 PM · 10 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 1:05 pm and 1:51 pm.

Conversation 317-001, January 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/317-001 (accessed September 26, 2026).