Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 336 › Conversation 336-003
Nixon & Sanchez on Personal Matters and White House Staff
Friday, May 5, 1972 · 3:26 PM–3:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Richard M. Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief, informal encounter. The session consisted almost entirely of a withdrawn segment classified as a personal, returnable item. No substantive policy discussions or administrative actions were recorded during this brief interaction.
Audio
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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 00:01:11 into the tape and ends around 00:01:52.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On May 5, 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 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 336-3 Date: May 5, 1972 Time: Unknown after 3:26 and before 3:30 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Manolo Sanchez. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 9s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:30 pm.
Also recorded on May 5, 1972
- 023-167 3:15 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:25 pm.
- 336-001 3:15 PM · 10 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 3:15 pm and 3:25 pm.
- 023-168 3:25 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:25 pm to 3:26 pm.
- 336-002 3:25 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:26 pm.
- 336-004 3:26 PM · 32 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 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 336-005 3:26 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 336-006 3:30 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:35 pm.
- 336-007 3:36 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:36 pm to 3:46 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 336-003, May 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/336-003 (accessed October 9, 2026).