Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 330 › Conversation 330-030

Nixon & Sanchez on Rose Mary Woods and Henry Kissinger

Monday, April 10, 1972 · 3:06 PM–3:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 39 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation330-030 on Tape 330 (tape position 03:13:36–03:14:12)StartMonday, April 10, 1972 at 3:06 PMEndMonday, April 10, 1972 at 3:10 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 330-030 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to facilitate the retrieval of an unidentified document or item originating from Rose Mary Woods’s office. The brief discussion centered on the logistics of obtaining this material, which had been linked to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. No further details regarding the nature of the item were recorded during the short meeting.

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On April 10, 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 3:06 pm and 3:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 330-030 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 330-30

Date: April 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:06 pm and 3:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

       Unknown article from Rose Mary Woods's office
           -Sanchez's retrieval
           -Henry A. Kissinger

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:10 pm.

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Yeah.
Yeah.
  • 022-098 1:59 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 022-099 2:59 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm.
  • 330-027 2:59 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm.
  • 022-100 3:05 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 3:05 pm to 3:06 pm.
  • 330-028 3:05 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:05 pm to 3:06 pm.
  • 330-029 3:06 PM · 19 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 3:06 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 330-031 3:10 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:10 pm to 3:55 pm.
  • 705-015 4:00 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:41 pm.

Conversation 330-030, April 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/330-030 (accessed November 15, 2026).