Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 330 › Conversation 330-035

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff

Wednesday, April 12, 1972 · 1:40 PM–2:47 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation330-035 on Tape 330 (tape position 04:00:30–04:01:59)StartWednesday, April 12, 1972 at 1:40 PMEndWednesday, April 12, 1972 at 2:47 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 330-035 ↗

President Richard M. Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The recorded portion of the meeting was restricted as a personal, returnable item. No substantive policy discussions or administrative actions were documented in the available record for this encounter.

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Position in tape: 04:00:30 – 04:01:59

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On April 12, 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 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 330-035 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 330-35

Date: April 12, 1972
Time: Unknown after 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 14s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Sanchez left at 2:47 pm.

No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The first 1 minute and 29 seconds of the audio consists of tone/silence corresponding to withdrawn item no. 1. Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.

  • 330-032 1:40 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 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 330-033 1:40 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 330-034 1:40 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 707-011 1:40 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 707-012 1:40 PM · 30 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 330-036 2:47 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Lee W. Huebner met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:47 pm to 3:09 pm.
  • 330-037 3:09 PM · 2 min — 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 3:09 pm and 3:20 pm.
  • 330-038 3:09 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:20 pm.

Conversation 330-035, April 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/330-035 (accessed November 15, 2026).