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Nixon & Sanchez on White House Tapes and Presidential records

Thursday, April 20, 1972 · 1:10 PM–2:46 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation332-011 on Tape 332 (tape position 00:18:42–00:21:36)StartThursday, April 20, 1972 at 1:10 PMEndThursday, April 20, 1972 at 2:46 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 332-011 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The brief interaction focused on the practical limitations of the taping system as the President noted he had run out of recording tape. No significant policy discussions occurred during this exchange.

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 00:18:42 into the tape and ends around 00:21:36.

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21:40I don't have any tape left here.
21:42Okay, sir.

On April 20, 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 1:10 pm and 2:46 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 332-011 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 332-11

Date: April 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:10 pm and 2:46 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:46 pm.
  • 023-051 1:10 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 332-010 1:10 PM · 18 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 1:10 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 332-012 1:10 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 1:10 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 332-013 1:10 PM · 41 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 1:10 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 332-014 1:10 PM · 33 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 1:10 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 332-015 1:10 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 714-017 1:10 PM · 39 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 4:13 pm.
  • 714-018 1:10 PM · 4 min — Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 4:18 pm.

Conversation 332-011, April 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/332-011 (accessed October 1, 2026).