Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 359 › Conversation 359-002

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Presidential valet

Thursday, September 7, 1972 · 1:40 PM–2:45 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Sanchez, ManoloConversation359-002 onTape 359StartThursday, September 7, 1972 at 1:40 PMEndThursday, September 7, 1972 at 2:45 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 359-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in his office at the Old Executive Office Building. The brief interaction consisted of a short, personal exchange, as the vast majority of the recording was designated as a withdrawn personal item. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments were documented in the surviving record of this encounter.

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NARA Description

On September 7, 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 1:40 pm and 2:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 359-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 359-2

Date: September 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 2:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:45 pm.

Also recorded on September 7, 1972

  • 772-009 12:23 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Edward J. Kiernan, Robert D. Gordon, John Harrington, Charles Bobbitt, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:23 pm to 12:35 pm.
  • 772-010 12:35 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 772-017 12:35 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 772-011 12:37 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:37 pm to 1:38 pm.
  • 359-001 1:40 PM · 9 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 1:40 pm and 2:45 pm.
  • 359-003 1:40 PM · 6 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 1:40 pm and 2:45 pm.
  • 359-004 2:45 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:45 pm to 3:05 pm.
  • 772-012 3:36 PM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert P. Griffin, Mickey S. Lolich, Thomas C. Korologos, White House photographer, Stephen B. Bull, Arthur F. Burns, George P. Shultz, Manolo Sanchez, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:36 pm to 4:28 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 359-002, September 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/359-002 (accessed September 18, 2026).