Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 332 › Conversation 332-002

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Presidential valet

Tuesday, April 18, 1972 · 8:05 PM–8:18 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation332-002 on Tape 332 (tape position 00:01:46–00:02:19)StartTuesday, April 18, 1972 at 8:05 PMEndTuesday, April 18, 1972 at 8:18 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 332-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief, informal encounter. The conversation consisted of a short, private exchange that was subsequently withdrawn from the public record for being personal in nature. No substantive policy or political decisions resulted from this interaction.

Audio

part A, 1:46

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 00:01:46 to 00:02:19 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On April 18, 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 8:05 pm and 8:18 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 332-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 332-2

Date: April 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:05 pm and 8:18 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 26s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:18 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on April 18, 1972

  • 023-026 8:05 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:05 pm and 8:18 pm.
  • 023-027 8:05 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:05 pm and 8:18 pm.
  • 332-001 8:05 PM · 26 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 8:05 pm and 8:18 pm.
  • 332-003 8:05 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:05 pm and 8:18 pm.
  • 332-004 8:05 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:05 pm and 8:18 pm.
  • 023-028 8:18 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:18 pm to 8:24 pm.
  • 332-005 8:18 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:18 pm to 8:24 pm.
  • 023-029 8:24 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:24 pm and 8:25 pm.

All 57 conversations from April 18, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 332-002, April 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/332-002 (accessed November 15, 2026).