Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 368 › Conversation 368-010

Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential staff and White House domestic operations

Tuesday, October 17, 1972 · 7:18 PM–8:08 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation368-010 on Tape 368StartTuesday, October 17, 1972 at 7:18 PMEndTuesday, October 17, 1972 at 8:08 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 368-010 ↗

President Richard M. Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation primarily functioned as a private interaction between the President and a member of his domestic staff. Due to the withdrawal of the recorded material as a personal returnable item, no substantive policy or administrative matters are available for historical analysis.

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On October 17, 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 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 368-010 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 368-10

Date: October 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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[Duration: 18s ]

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:08 pm.
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Conversation 368-010, October 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/368-010 (accessed October 10, 2026).