Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 318 › Conversation 318-037
Nixon & Sanchez on Rose Mary Woods and Patrick J. Buchanan
Wednesday, February 2, 1972 · 3:31 PM–4:12 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 30 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, and an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building. The discussion focused on administrative logistics, specifically regarding the handling of eyeglasses and a speech draft intended for Rose Mary Woods, potentially authored by Patrick J. Buchanan. The participants managed desk items and coordinated the transfer of documents during the brief interaction.
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NARA Description
On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 318-037 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 318-37
Date: February 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:31 pm and 4:12 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Eyeglasses
Desk drawer
Sanchez opened and closed the desk drawer at an unknown time before 4:12 pm.
Speech
-Patrick J. Buchanan [?]
-Deliver to Rose Mary Woods
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:12 pm.Also recorded on February 2, 1972
- 020-032 3:17 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 3:17 pm to 3:25 pm.
- 020-033 3:25 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 318-033 3:25 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hobart D. Lewis met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 318-034 3:25 PM · 5 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 3:25 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 020-034 3:30 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:30 pm to 3:31 pm.
- 318-035 3:30 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:31 pm.
- 318-036 3:31 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Ronald W. Reagan, William G. Milliken, and Linwood Holton met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:12 pm.
- 318-038 3:31 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:12 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 318-037, February 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/318-037 (accessed October 12, 2026).