Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 357 › Conversation 357-003
Nixon & Sanchez on Charles W. Colson and White House administration
Tuesday, September 19, 1972 · 12:51 PM–1:45 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss administrative matters, including a specific request involving Charles W. Colson. During this time, the President also engaged in a brief, separate telephone call with an unidentified party. The conversation served as a routine coordination of presidential staff needs and internal communications.
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NARA Description
On September 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 1:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 357-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 357-3
Date: September 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:51 pm and 1:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Request for Charles W. Colson
The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 1:45
pm.
[Conversation No. 357-3A]
[End of telephone conversation]
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:45 pm.Also recorded on September 19, 1972
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- 030-003 12:47 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:47 pm.
- 030-004 12:47 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 1:53 pm.
- 783-019 12:47 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:47 pm.
- 783-020 12:47 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 1:53 pm.
- 357-001 12:51 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 12:51 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 357-002 12:51 PM · 13 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 12:51 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 357-004 12:51 PM · 5 min — 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 12:51 pm and 1:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 357-003, September 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/357-003 (accessed October 1, 2026).