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Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Presidential routine

Friday, October 27, 1972 · 8:08 AM–8:30 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation374-004 on Tape 374StartFriday, October 27, 1972 at 8:08 AMEndFriday, October 27, 1972 at 8:30 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 374-004 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The brief interaction involved Sanchez delivering a box to the President. No further substantive policy discussions were recorded during this exchange.

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Got a box.

On October 27, 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 8:08 am and 8:30 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 374-004 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 374-4

Date: October 27, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:08 am and 8:30 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:30 am.
  • 374-005 8:08 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:30 am.
  • 374-006 8:30 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:30 am to 8:45 am.
  • 032-066 8:45 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:03 am.
  • 374-007 8:45 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:03 am.
  • 374-008 8:45 AM · 9 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 8:45 am and 9:03 am.
  • 032-067 9:03 AM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:03 am to 9:04 am.
  • 374-009 9:03 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:03 am to 9:04 am.
  • 032-068 9:06 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:06 am.

Conversation 374-004, October 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/374-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).