Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 343 › Conversation 343-039

Nixon & Sanchez on Executive office operations

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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation343-039 on Tape 343 (tape position 03:35:21–03:37:04)StartMonday, June 26, 1972 at 1:25 PMEndMonday, June 26, 1972 at 2:23 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 343-039 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard M. Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in his Old Executive Office Building workspace. Due to the lack of an available transcript and the brevity of the recorded interaction, the specific agenda remains unidentified. The discussion occurred within the private, informal context of the President’s working relationship with his staff.

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Position in tape: 03:35:21 – 03:37:04

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NARA Description

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 343-039 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 343-39

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

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     [Unintelligible]

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:23 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The recording contains only background tape hiss, faint ambient noises, and silence with no intelligible speech, consistent with the archivist's log note '[Unintelligible]'.

Also recorded on June 26, 1972

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  • 742-019 12:31 PM — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 3:03 pm.
  • 343-037 12:35 PM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:35 pm to 1:25 pm.
  • 343-038 1:25 PM · 2 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 1:25 pm and 2:23 pm.
  • 343-040 1:25 PM · 15 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 1:25 pm and 2:23 pm.
  • 026-010 2:23 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:23 pm to 2:24 pm.
  • 343-041 2:23 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:23 pm to 2:24 pm.
  • 343-042 2:25 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:25 pm to 3:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 343-039, 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/343-039 (accessed November 1, 2026).