Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 321 › Conversation 321-001
Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Presidential valet
Wednesday, February 9, 1972 · 12:08 PM–12:16 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 52 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met briefly with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation, which remained largely unintelligible or off-record, consisted of brief personal exchanges. No substantive policy decisions or political developments were recorded during this brief interaction.
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NARA Description
On February 9, 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 12:08 pm and 12:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 321-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 321-1
Date: February 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:08 pm and 12:16 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Unknown request
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:16 pm.Also recorded on February 9, 1972
- 668-015 11:20 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:20 am to 11:21 am.
- 668-016 11:21 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 12:05 pm.
- 321-002 12:08 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:08 pm and 12:16 pm.
- 321-003 12:16 PM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:16 pm to 1:05 pm.
- 321-004 1:05 PM · 6 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 2:52 pm.
- 321-005 1:05 PM · 6 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 2:52 pm.
- 321-006 1:05 PM · 56 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 2:52 pm.
- 321-007 1:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 2:52 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 321-001, February 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/321-001 (accessed October 2, 2026).