Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 350 › Conversation 350-020

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Presidential valet

Monday, July 24, 1972 · 2:24 PM–3:22 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation350-020 on Tape 350StartMonday, July 24, 1972 at 2:24 PMEndMonday, July 24, 1972 at 3:22 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 350-020 ↗

President Richard Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation, which lasted less than one minute of accessible content, was interrupted by a withdrawn personal segment. No significant policy decisions or substantive governmental actions are recorded in this brief interaction.

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On July 24, 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 2:24 pm and 3:22 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 350-020 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 350-20

Date: July 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:24 pm and 3:22 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:22 pm.
  • 350-018 1:03 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:03 pm to 2:24 pm.
  • 350-019 2:24 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 3:22 pm.
  • 350-021 2:24 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 3:22 pm.
  • 350-022 2:24 PM · 14 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 2:24 pm and 3:22 pm.
  • 751-009 3:22 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 3:32 pm.
  • 751-010 3:22 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 3:32 pm.
  • 751-011 3:32 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Roland L. Elliott, Michael B. Smith, Karen D. Jenkins, Mary Ann Allin, Anne V. Higgins, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:32 pm to 3:40 pm.
  • 751-012 3:44 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Patrick J. Buchanan, Lyndon K. Allin, Sandra I. Kiely, Jon D. Hoornstra, Lotus Ann Wagner, W. Bruce Weinrod, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:44 pm to 4:13 pm.

Conversation 350-020, July 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/350-020 (accessed October 2, 2026).