Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 320 › Conversation 320-029
Nixon, Sanchez & Butterfield
Tuesday, February 8, 1972 · 5:06 PM–4:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Manolo Sanchez in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss the President's upcoming schedule and location logistics. The dialogue remains largely unintelligible due to the poor quality of the recording, though it centers on administrative coordination between the President and his staff. No substantive policy decisions or historical milestones are discernable from the brief, fragmentary interaction.
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NARA Description
Unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, President Richard M. Nixon, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 5:06 pm on February 8, 1972 and 4:00 pm on February 10, 1972. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 320-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 320-29
Date: Unknown between February 8 and February 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:06 pm, February 8, and 4:00 pm, February 10, 1972
Location: Executive Office Building
An unknown woman met with Manolo Sanchez.
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[Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/30/2019. Segment
cleared for release.]
[Non-Historical]
[320-029-w001]
[Duration: 37s]
The President’s location
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The unknown woman left and the President and Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown
time before 4:00 pm, February 10, 1972.
President’s schedule
The President and Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:00 pm, February 10, 1972.Also recorded on February 8, 1972
- 020-066 2:54 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Earl B. Ruth talked on the telephone from 2:54 pm to 2:56 pm.
- 020-067 2:57 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Robert H. Finch talked on the telephone from 2:57 pm to 3:01 pm.
- 320-025 2:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:57 pm to 3:01 pm.
- 320-026 3:00 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:00 pm to 3:02 pm.
- 320-027 3:05 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:05 pm to 3:14 pm.
- 320-028 3:15 PM · 1 hr 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Robert S. McNamara, Henry A. Kissinger, White House photographer, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:15 pm to 5:06 pm.
- 667-003 5:13 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:13 pm to 5:19 pm.
- 667-005 5:19 PM · 2 min — Stephen B. Bull, United States Secret Service agents, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:19 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 320-029, February 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/320-029 (accessed October 2, 2026).