Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 317 › Conversation 317-002

Nixon & Sanchez on William Safire and presidential documentation

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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation317-002 on Tape 317 (tape position 00:02:59–00:06:01)StartMonday, January 24, 1972 at 1:05 PMEndMonday, January 24, 1972 at 1:51 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 317-002 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417185627 ↗

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NARA Description

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 317-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 317-002

Date: January 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 1:51 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Papers from William L. Safire
          -Stephen B. Bull

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

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No, uh, do they have, uh, something from Sapphire from here?
They will, sir.
Sapphire defense team, they will.
No, but I mean, uh, I want the papers.
Just check over at, uh, State Boats office over there.
I want to read the paper before I see it.
Okay.

Also recorded on January 24, 1972

  • 653-013 12:32 PM · 25 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:33 pm.
  • 653-014 12:32 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:33 pm.
  • 653-015 12:33 PM · 13 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:33 pm and 4:55 pm.
  • 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.
  • 317-001 1:05 PM · 25 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 317-002, January 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417185627). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/317-002 (accessed November 11, 2026).