Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 319 › Conversation 319-002
Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential staff and personal request
Monday, February 7, 1972 · 2:04 PM–3:04 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to address a specific, though unidentified, personal request. The discussion remained brief and private, serving primarily to facilitate an administrative or logistical matter between the President and his staff member. No further policy-related developments were recorded during this brief encounter.
- Manolo Sanchez
- Presidential staff
- White House operations
- personal request
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NARA Description
On February 7, 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 2:04 pm and 3:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 319-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 319-2
Date: February 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:04 pm and 3:04 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
A request [?]
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:04 pm.Also recorded on February 7, 1972
- 666-007 1:31 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:31 pm to 2:03 pm.
- 319-001 2:04 PM · 2 min — 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 2:04 pm and 3:04 pm.
- 319-003 2:04 PM · 29 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 2:04 pm and 3:04 pm.
- 319-004 2:04 PM · 2 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 2:04 pm and 3:04 pm.
- 666-008 2:04 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:04 pm.
- 666-011 2:04 PM · 53 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:04 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 319-005 3:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:04 pm to 3:09 pm.
- 319-006 3:15 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:15 pm to 3:16 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 319-002, February 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/319-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).