Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 360 › Conversation 360-002
Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential administration and Office management
Friday, September 8, 1972 · 1:05 PM–2:12 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·35 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, to organize materials and documentation within the Executive Office Building. During the brief interaction, the President provided specific instructions regarding the arrangement of files, including those related to a blockade in Burma. The exchange focused primarily on administrative logistics and the management of the President's immediate workspace.
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NARA Description
On September 8, 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 1:05 pm and 2:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 360-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 360-2
Date: September 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 2:12 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Instructions
The President's schedule
-Charles W. Colson
(rev. Oct-06)
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:12 pm.Also recorded on September 8, 1972
- 773-013 12:12 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 12:12 pm and 12:14 pm.
- 773-014 12:14 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert L. F. Sikes, Mrs. Robert L. F. Sikes, Richard K. Cook, John E. Nidecker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:14 pm to 12:18 pm.
- 773-015 12:18 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:18 pm and 12:22 pm.
- 773-016 12:18 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:18 pm and 12:22 pm.
- 773-017 12:25 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 1:05 pm.
- 360-001 1:05 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 1:05 pm and 2:12 pm.
- 360-003 1:05 PM · 7 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 1:05 pm and 2:12 pm.
- 773-018 1:05 PM · 50 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:05 pm on September 8, 1972 and 9:18 am on September 11, 1972.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 360-002, September 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/360-002 (accessed September 18, 2026).