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Nixon & Sanchez on Personal affairs and Health

Monday, June 26, 1972 · 1:25 PM–2:23 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation343-038 on Tape 343 (tape position 03:32:56–03:35:21)StartMonday, June 26, 1972 at 1:25 PMEndMonday, June 26, 1972 at 2:23 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 343-038 ↗

President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, engage in a personal conversation regarding a third party's ongoing health and domestic difficulties. Nixon offers sympathetic encouragement to Sanchez regarding his well-being and future travel plans to the Midwest. The dialogue reflects a supportive, personal dynamic between the President and a trusted staff member rather than formal administrative or policy business.

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3:32:56You're so right, though.
3:32:56In fact, you should have done it before.
3:32:57She should be away.
3:32:58She should be in an apartment and taken care of for a while.
3:33:23I don't see any other prospects.
3:33:25He's got the money.
3:33:26He doesn't have a problem financially.
3:33:28He has a little bit of money.
3:33:30So, he will try.
3:33:31I don't know, but I was back working again.
3:33:33Yes, sir.
3:33:34For a problem.
3:33:35Oh, my God.
3:33:35I'm going to see you in the Midwest.
3:33:40I'm going to see you in the Midwest.
3:33:50Really?
3:33:51Yes, sir.
3:34:00That is scary.
3:34:01Well, you're going to be all right.
3:34:03Yes, sir.
3:34:04You're going to live.
3:34:05You're going to live.
3:34:06Good night, sir.
3:34:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.
3:34:09I'll check with him this time.
3:34:10I don't know.
3:34:11I don't think he'll do anything.
3:34:13He's got out there, and I can't do anything.
3:34:15I'm just going to call one of the other ones.
3:34:18I don't know.
3:34:18I don't know.
3:34:19I don't know.

On June 26, 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 1:25 pm and 2:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 343-038 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 343-38

Date: June 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:25 and 2:23 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     The President's schedule
          -Forthcoming meeting

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:23 pm.
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Conversation 343-038, June 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/343-038 (accessed September 30, 2026).