Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 322 › Conversation 322-047

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Manolo Sanchez and Political Strategy

Thursday, March 9, 1972 · 2:40 PM–4:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation322-047 on Tape 322 (tape position 02:40:29–02:47:20)StartThursday, March 9, 1972 at 2:40 PMEndThursday, March 9, 1972 at 4:30 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 322-047 ↗

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President Nixon dictated a memorandum for his personal files while interacting with his valet, Manolo Sanchez. The discourse reflects on personal family matters, including recent interactions with his daughter Julie and son-in-law David Eisenhower, alongside introspective musings on the nature of political power and leadership. Nixon touches upon the requirements for effective political operators and briefly mentions Nelson Rockefeller in the context of his political assessments.

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I had a very interesting talk with Julie and Dave in the swimming pool the 10th day of it.

And they gave me this on Saturday.

And they gave me this on the Sunday after returning from the 10th day.

The composition I had must have been on Saturday.

The 10th day of it.

I even just saw the movie.

Hello.

Yeah.

Okay.

Thank you.

Now I'm finding a way that I can include it in the document that I'm serving.

It's very easy for me to do.

If I'm in the office of my president, then one must make it clear enough that I'm the president.

Thank you.

for example, that whoever is going to be president has a very effective and, if necessary, ruthless political operator.

It's a combination of what we've had in the past and what's going on in the future.

I don't know if it's an effective political operator, because we have a lot of public appeal and an idea of what we're looking for.

We don't have to go as far as being able to press freedom to be received.

Rockefeller, on the other hand, is somebody to address to you guys.

I, of course, consider that Rockefeller would like to address part of you guys as well.

I'd like to say thank you for everything you've done for me.

I'm proud of you.

A lot of bastards.

I do not realize that nobody has talked to me.

Of course, tomorrow we do.

And I do.

... ... ... ... ...

You have to recognize what you're doing is not right for both of us to do.

I don't know.

This is actually the highest track we've ever explored.

There are a few graphs.

I'm not going to go over them.

I'm going to follow them around 2 o'clock.

I'm not going to go over them.

... ... ... ... ...

NARA Description

On March 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 4:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-047 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 322-47

Date: March 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:40 pm and 4:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/10/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[322-047-w001]
[Duration: 7m 1s]

       Directions
               -Transcription

       Julie Nixon Eisenhower and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
               -Talk with the President
                      -Camp David
                              -Movie

The President talked with an unknown person [Manolo Sanchez] at an unknown time between
2:40 pm and 4:30 pm.

[Conversation No. 322-047A]

     Request

[End of telephone conversation]

       Conversation
             -Spiro T. Agnew and Nelson A. Rockefeller
                     -Office of the Vice President
                     -Office of the President

Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 2:40 pm.

     Request

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:30 pm

       The President
              -Needed attributes
                     -Cooperation
                     -Public appeal
              -Nelson A. Rockefeller
                     -Henry A. Kissinger
                     -The President’s opinion
                     -Vice President
                             -Candidate
                             -John B. Connally
                     -Ambassadors
                     -Ronald L .Ziegler [?]

       William P. Rogers
              -Henry A. Kissinger

              -Department of State [DOS]
              -Foreign policy
                     -The President

       1972 campaign
              -Illinois [?]
              -Edmund S. Muskie

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Also recorded on March 9, 1972

322-039 2:40 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 2:40 pm and 4:30 pm.
322-040 2:40 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 4:30 pm.
322-041 2:40 PM · 8 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 2:40 pm and 4:30 pm.
322-042 2:40 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rosemary Manarin met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 4:30 pm.
322-043 2:40 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 4:30 pm.
322-044 2:40 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 4:30 pm.
322-045 2:40 PM · 11 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 2:40 pm and 4:30 pm.
322-046 2:40 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 4:30 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 322-047, March 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/322-047 (accessed October 3, 2026).