Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 317 › Conversation 317-004
Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Presidential valet
Monday, January 24, 1972 · 1:05 PM–1:51 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss personal matters and logistical arrangements. The brief interaction focused on private staff-related concerns and service duties rather than policy or administrative affairs. No significant political decisions or historical developments resulted from this meeting.
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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 317-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 317-004
Date: January 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 1:51 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Papers from William L. Safire
-Stephen B. Bull's transmittal to the President
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:51 pm.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.
- 317-002 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.
- 317-005 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 317-004, 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/317-004 (accessed September 26, 2026).