Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 329 › Conversation 329-018
Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential staff and Old Executive Office Building
Tuesday, April 11, 1972 · 12:40 PM–1:12 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The recording also includes a brief interaction with a White House operator. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments are captured in this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On April 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 329-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 329-18
Date: April 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Conversation with unknown man
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:40 and 1:12
pm.
[Conversation No. 329-18A]
[See Conversation No. 22-106]
[End of telephone conversation]
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:12 pm.Also recorded on April 11, 1972
- 329-015 12:35 PM · 18 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 12:35 pm and 12:37 pm.
- 706-003 12:35 PM · 39 sec — United States Secret Service agents and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 2:56 pm.
- 329-016 12:37 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:37 pm to 12:40 pm.
- 022-106 12:40 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm.
- 329-017 12:40 PM · 4 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 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm.
- 022-107 1:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 1:12 pm to 1:14 pm.
- 329-019 1:12 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:12 pm to 1:14 pm.
- 022-108 1:14 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 2:06 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 329-018, April 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/329-018 (accessed October 1, 2026).