Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 368 › Conversation 368-015

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal matters and Presidential staff

Tuesday, October 17, 1972 · 8:20 PM–8:37 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation368-015 on Tape 368StartTuesday, October 17, 1972 at 8:20 PMEndTuesday, October 17, 1972 at 8:37 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 368-015 ↗

President Richard M. Nixon met privately with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The brief interaction consisted primarily of personal matters, as indicated by a short segment of the recording being withheld for privacy reasons. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions occurred during this brief encounter.

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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 8:20 pm and 8:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 368-015 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 368-15

Date: October 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:20 pm and 8:37 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:37 pm.
  • 031-110 8:08 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 8:08 pm to 8:09 pm.
  • 368-012 8:08 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:08 pm to 8:09 pm.
  • 368-013 8:09 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 8:09 pm and 8:37 pm.
  • 031-111 8:19 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 8:19 pm to 8:20 pm.
  • 368-014 8:19 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:19 pm to 8:20 pm.
  • 031-112 8:37 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:37 pm to 8:40 pm.
  • 368-016 8:37 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:37 pm to 8:40 pm.
  • 369-001 8:40 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 8:40 pm and 9:01 pm.

Conversation 368-015, October 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/368-015 (accessed October 10, 2026).