Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 330 › Conversation 330-019

Nixon & Sanchez on Drafting and Personnel

Wednesday, April 5, 1972 · 12:23 PM–1:32 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation330-019 on Tape 330 (tape position 03:01:44–03:04:14)StartWednesday, April 5, 1972 at 12:23 PMEndWednesday, April 5, 1972 at 1:32 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 330-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss the drafting of sensitive correspondence or official documentation involving a third party named Andrew. The conversation centered on refining specific nuances, phrases, and personal background details, including religion and education, to be included in the upcoming draft. Nixon explicitly instructed that he wished to remain detached from the ongoing discussions regarding this sensitive material.

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Position in tape: 03:01:44 – 03:04:14

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NARA Description

On April 5, 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 12:23 pm and 1:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 330-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 330-19

Date: April 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:23 pm and 1:32 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:32 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The entire recording consists solely of continuous high-pitched tone/whine and tape hum, corresponding to the withdrawn portion indicated in the NARA log. There is no intelligible speech. Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.

Also recorded on April 5, 1972

  • 022-085 11:39 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:43 am.
  • 022-086 11:43 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 11:43 am to 11:44 am.
  • 330-015 11:43 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:43 am to 11:44 am.
  • 330-016 11:44 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 11:45 am.
  • 330-017 11:45 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:45 am to 12:23 pm.
  • 330-018 12:23 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 1:32 pm.
  • 330-020 12:23 PM · 53 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 12:23 pm and 1:32 pm.
  • 330-021 12:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 1:32 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 330-019, April 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/330-019 (accessed November 15, 2026).