Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 329 › Conversation 329-029

Nixon & Sanchez on Canada and Personal Aide

Thursday, April 13, 1972 · 1:30 PM–2:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Sanchez, ManoloConversation329-029 onTape 329 (tape position 01:50:03–01:51:19)StartThursday, April 13, 1972 at 1:30 PMEndThursday, April 13, 1972 at 2:00 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 329-029 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, regarding preparations for an upcoming trip to Canada. The discussion focused on logistical arrangements, specifically the President’s request to have Zosimo T. Monson provide dry footwear on the airplane to avoid the discomfort of damp shoes while walking on grass. No broader policy or administrative decisions were made during this brief encounter.

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I think I'll have you bring me a, you know, on the airplane and tell Munson to have dry parachutes out.
So I won't have to walk over the grass and everything.
I'll get wet and my shoes are already wet.
On the airplane.

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 329-029 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 329-29
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]
[329-029-w001]
[Duration: 21s]

       The President's trip to Canada
              -Airplane
                      -Zosimo T. Monson
                               -Shoes
                                      -For walking on grass

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:00 pm

Also recorded on April 13, 1972

  • 329-027 1:30 PM · 7 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.
  • 329-028 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.
  • 329-030 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 329-029, 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/329-029 (accessed September 18, 2026).