Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 353 › Conversation 353-016
Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Presidential valet
Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 2:27 PM–2:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to conduct private business. Given the absence of an official transcript and the brief duration of the encounter, the specific agenda remains undocumented. This interaction reflects the routine daily contact between the President and his close domestic staff.
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NARA Description
On August 3, 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 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 353-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 353-16
Date: August 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
A call from the President
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:30 pm.Also recorded on August 3, 1972
- 029-002 2:24 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 2:24 pm to 2:27 pm.
- 353-013 2:24 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:24 pm to 2:27 pm.
- 029-003 2:27 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 353-014 2:27 PM · 10 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 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 353-015 2:27 PM · 8 sec — 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 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 353-017 2:27 PM · 9 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 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 029-004 2:30 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwayne O. Andreas talked on the telephone from 2:30 pm to 2:36 pm.
- 353-018 2:30 PM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dwayne O. Andreas, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 4:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 353-016, August 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/353-016 (accessed October 1, 2026).