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Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential valet

Tuesday, February 29, 1972 · 3:17 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation322-011 on Tape 322 (tape position 00:16:37–00:16:49)StartTuesday, February 29, 1972 at 3:17 PMEndTuesday, February 29, 1972 at 3:17 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 322-011 ↗

President Nixon met briefly with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation focused on the President's request for an unidentified item. The meeting concluded immediately upon the exchange, with no further policy discussions recorded.

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On February 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:17 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-011 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 322-11

Date: February 29, 1972
Time: 3:17 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Request to get unknown item

Sanchez left at 3:17 pm.
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  • 322-010 2:56 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:56 pm to 3:16 pm.
  • 020-121 3:17 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:17 pm to 3:19 pm.
  • 322-012 3:17 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:17 pm to 3:18 pm.
  • 020-122 3:18 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:18 pm and 8:40 pm.
  • 322-013 3:18 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:18 pm and 3:23 pm.
  • 322-014 3:23 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:23 pm to 4:00 pm.

Conversation 322-011, February 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/322-011 (accessed October 2, 2026).