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Nixon & Sanchez on Delivery of items and Brief meeting

Monday, June 12, 1972 · 2:56 PM–3:02 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation343-015 on Tape 343 (tape position 00:22:51–00:23:53)StartMonday, June 12, 1972 at 2:56 PMEndMonday, June 12, 1972 at 3:02 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 343-015 ↗

President Nixon met briefly with Manolo Sanchez in the Oval Office. The primary purpose of this short interaction appears to have been the delivery of some unspecified items by Sanchez to the President. The conversation was extremely brief, with Nixon questioning if an item was dirty and Sanchez confirming it was.

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On June 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 2:56 pm and 3:02 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 343-015 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 343-15

Date: June 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:56 and 3:02 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Delivery of unknown items

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:02 pm.

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NixonIs this dirty, do you think? I'd better change out of it.
SanchezYes, sir.
  • 025-053 2:45 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
  • 025-054 2:45 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
  • 343-011 2:45 PM · 2 min — 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 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
  • 343-012 2:45 PM · 41 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 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
  • 025-055 2:52 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Jacob K. Javits talked on the telephone from 2:52 pm to 2:56 pm.
  • 343-014 2:52 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Jacob K. Javits met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:52 pm to 2:56 pm.
  • 343-016 2:56 PM · 3 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 2:56 pm and 3:02 pm.
  • 730-011 3:03 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, Buie Diem, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:03 pm to 3:24 pm.

Conversation 343-015, June 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/343-015 (accessed November 14, 2026).