Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 329 › Conversation 329-027
Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Presidential routine
Thursday, April 13, 1972 · 1:30 PM–2:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Executive Office Building to request coffee. This brief interaction served a purely administrative and personal purpose, reflecting the standard operational relationship between the President and his staff. No policy-related discussions or significant historical developments occurred during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On April 13, 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 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 329-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 329-27
Date: April 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/18/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[329-027-w001]
[Duration: 6s]
Request
-Coffee
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:00 pm.Also recorded on April 13, 1972
- 329-028 1:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
- 329-029 1:30 PM · 21 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 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
- 329-030 1:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
- 329-031 1:30 PM · 36 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 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
- 329-032 2:00 PM · 1 hr 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm.
- 022-122 2:56 PM · 2 min — the White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, President Richard M. Nixon, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:56 pm to 2:57 pm.
- 708-001 4:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:10 pm.
- 708-002 4:10 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Michael A. Dively, Christiane Garcia, Alan Cameron, Stephen Hess, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Rayburn D. Hanzlik, Howard A. Cohen, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:28 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 329-027, April 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/329-027 (accessed September 18, 2026).