Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 317 › Conversation 317-018
Nixon & Sanchez on White House administration and Document management
Monday, January 24, 1972 · 4:55 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 19 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to organize official materials. During the brief encounter, the President instructed Sanchez on the specific handling and separation of documents contained within two separate briefcases. The meeting concluded immediately after these logistical arrangements were settled.
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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 4:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 317-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 317-018
Date: January 24, 1972
Time: 4:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Briefcases
The President and Sanchez left at 4:55 pm.Also recorded on January 24, 1972
- 019-050 4:05 PM · 8 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:20 pm.
- 019-052 4:20 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:20 pm and 4:27 pm.
- 317-016 4:20 PM · 9 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 4:20 pm and 4:27 pm.
- 019-053 4:27 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 4:27 pm to 4:55 pm.
- 317-017 4:27 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:27 pm to 4:55 pm.
- 654-001 4:55 PM · 1 hr 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William S. White, unknown person(s), Peter M. Flanigan, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 6:09 pm.
- 019-054 4:59 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William S. White talked on the telephone from 4:59 pm to 5:02 pm.
- 019-055 5:18 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:18 pm and 5:47 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 317-018, 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/317-018 (accessed October 6, 2026).