Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 344 › Conversation 344-020

Nixon & Sanchez

Thursday, June 22, 1972 · 12:15 PM–12:56 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation344-020 on Tape 344 (tape position 02:49:21–02:51:19)StartThursday, June 22, 1972 at 12:15 PMEndThursday, June 22, 1972 at 12:56 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 344-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss personal administrative matters and logistical arrangements. The conversation includes instructions regarding staff scheduling and a request for Sanchez to coordinate dental care for the President. The brief exchange reflects the routine daily interactions between Nixon and his personal aide.

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NARA Description

On June 22, 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 12:15 pm and 12:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 344-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 344-20

Date: June 22, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:15 and 12:56 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:56 pm.

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Larry, when he gets back, don't hurt him.
Oh, I see, yeah.
I'll tell you what you can do.
Tell him that when I'm out there and we're not in this room, you can go forward with everything.
Right.
Saturday morning, I'd like some kind of office that you can set up.
I don't want to, I don't want to, I don't want to, I don't want to go in unless there's something very high.
Just, just tell them to check me again.
Okay, bye.
Yeah.
So, I wanted to tell your people over there how much I appreciated the card that you set up for our anniversary.
It was very cleverly done.
In fact, your people are always very clever, I believe.
I don't know who signed it, but I want to show you what they were doing.
It was a fine job.
Okay.
Thank you.
Yeah.

Also recorded on June 22, 1972

  • 025-120 11:39 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 12:14 pm.
  • 344-017 11:39 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 12:14 pm.
  • 344-018 11:39 AM · 11 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 11:39 am and 12:14 pm.
  • 025-121 12:14 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Constance M. Stuart talked on the telephone from 12:14 pm to 12:15 pm.
  • 344-019 12:14 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Constance M. Stuart met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:14 pm to 12:15 pm.
  • 025-122 12:15 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:56 pm.
  • 344-021 12:15 PM · 19 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 12:15 pm and 12:56 pm.
  • 025-123 12:56 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 12:56 pm to 1:08 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 344-020, June 22, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/344-020 (accessed November 14, 2026).