President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. While no transcript exists to detail the specifics of their dialogue, the session served as a routine interaction between the President and his longtime staff member. The meeting concluded quickly without any documented policy developments or formal agenda items.
On April 17, 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 2:09 pm and 2:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 331-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 331-1
Date: April 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:09 pm and 2:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
William P. Rogers
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:10 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.