Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 370 › Conversation 370-001

Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential staff and personal matters

Thursday, October 19, 1972 · 12:38 PM–1:48 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation370-001 on Tape 370StartThursday, October 19, 1972 at 12:38 PMEndThursday, October 19, 1972 at 1:48 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 370-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard M. Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in his Old Executive Office Building suite for an unrecorded interaction. The meeting involved personal, non-substantive matters that were subsequently withdrawn from the public record. No policy discussions or administrative decisions resulted from this brief encounter.

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NARA Description

On October 19, 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 12:38 pm and 1:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 370-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 370-1

Date: October 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:38 pm and 1:48 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 5s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:48 pm.

Also recorded on October 19, 1972

  • 031-141 12:07 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and James E. Johnson talked on the telephone from 12:07 pm to 12:08 pm.
  • 370-002 12:38 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 370-003 12:38 PM · 28 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 12:38 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 370-004 12:38 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 12:38 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 370-005 12:38 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 370-006 12:38 PM · 7 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 12:38 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 370-007 12:38 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 370-008 12:38 PM · 18 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 12:38 pm and 1:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 370-001, October 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/370-001 (accessed October 10, 2026).