Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 321 › Conversation 321-023

Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Stephen B. Bull

Wednesday, March 8, 1972 · 2:45 PM–3:55 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation321-023 on Tape 321 (tape position 02:16:10–02:18:13)StartWednesday, March 8, 1972 at 2:45 PMEndWednesday, March 8, 1972 at 3:55 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 321-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to coordinate the day's administrative arrangements. Stephen B. Bull joined the discussion to confirm the President's upcoming schedule, specifically finalizing the timing for a barber appointment. The conversation served as a routine logistical check to manage the President's personal commitments.

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Hello.
Hello, Bull.
We've got the barber at 533.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On March 8, 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 2:45 pm and 3:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 321-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 321-23

Date: March 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:45 pm and 3:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     President’s schedule
           -Stephen B. Bull

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:55 pm.

Also recorded on March 8, 1972

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  • 021-035 1:51 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:51 pm and 1:57 pm.
  • 021-036 1:57 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:57 pm to 1:58 pm.
  • 021-037 1:58 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 321-021 2:15 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:15 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 021-038 2:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Irwin, II talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:40 pm.
  • 321-022 2:45 PM · 11 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 2:45 pm and 3:55 pm.
  • 321-024 3:55 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 321-023, March 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/321-023 (accessed October 2, 2026).