Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 362 › Conversation 362-006

Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Presidential valet

Friday, August 4, 1972 · 2:32 PM–2:34 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation362-006 on Tape 362StartFriday, August 4, 1972 at 2:32 PMEndFriday, August 4, 1972 at 2:34 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 362-006 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to briefly discuss social pleasantries. During this short interaction, the President acknowledged expressing gratitude to a previous contact. The exchange concluded with no substantive policy decisions or political directives.

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I did, yeah.
I thanked him.
You can tell after closer.

On August 4, 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 2:32 pm and 2:34 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 362-006 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 362-6

Date: August 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:32 pm and 2:34 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

             The President’s previous conversation with an unknown man

             Charles W. Colson

                 -Meeting with the President

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:34 pm.
  • 029-022 2:30 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas G. Dunn talked on the telephone from 2:30 pm to 2:32 pm.
  • 362-005 2:30 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas G. Dunn met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 2:32 pm.
  • 029-023 2:32 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:32 pm and 2:34 pm.
  • 362-007 2:32 PM · 15 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 2:32 pm and 2:34 pm.
  • 029-024 2:34 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 2:34 pm to 2:35 pm.
  • 362-008 2:34 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:34 pm to 2:35 pm.
  • 029-025 2:35 PM · 13 sec — Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:58 pm.
  • 029-026 2:35 PM · 28 sec — Charles W. Colson and Holly Holm talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:58 pm.

Conversation 362-006, August 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/362-006 (accessed October 1, 2026).