Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 330 › Conversation 330-021

Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential valet

Wednesday, April 5, 1972 · 12:23 PM–1:32 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation330-021 on Tape 330 (tape position 03:05:04–03:06:43)StartWednesday, April 5, 1972 at 12:23 PMEndWednesday, April 5, 1972 at 1:32 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 330-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, met in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss personal or domestic administrative matters. Following a brief period of redacted material, an unidentified woman joined Sanchez for a subsequent meeting. The conversation concluded without a surviving transcript or documented record of specific policy outcomes.

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Position in tape: 03:05:04 – 03:06:43

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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 330-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 330-21

Date: April 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:32 pm and 3:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

An unknown woman met with Manolo Sanchez.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical returnable]
[Duration: 14s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown woman and Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:00 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The recording contains no intelligible speech; only microphone static, tape hiss, and a withdrawn section tone are heard. Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.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.
  • 330-019 12:23 PM · 3 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 330-021, 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/330-021 (accessed November 15, 2026).