Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 379 › Conversation 379-016
Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential staff and personal services
Wednesday, November 1, 1972 · 11:17 AM–11:20 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief meeting with his longtime valet, Manolo Sanchez, at the Old Executive Office Building. The interaction was limited to the delivery of refreshments to the President. No substantive political or policy matters were discussed during this brief interval.
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NARA Description
On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:17 am and 11:20 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 379-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 379-16
Date: November 1, 1972
Time: 11:17 am - unknown before 11:20 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 32-119]
The President met with Manolo Sanchez at an unknown time after 11:17 am.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Refreshment
[End of segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:20 am.Also recorded on November 1, 1972
- 032-114 10:45 AM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John A. Scali talked on the telephone from 10:45 am to 10:46 am.
- 032-115 10:46 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 11:15 am.
- 032-116 10:46 AM · 52 sec — Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 11:15 am.
- 032-117 10:46 AM · 18 sec — Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 11:15 am.
- 032-118 10:46 AM · 10 sec — Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 11:15 am.
- 379-015 10:46 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Charles W. Colson, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 11:15 am.
- 032-119 11:17 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:17 am.
- 379-017 11:20 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:20 am to 11:45 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 379-016, November 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/379-016 (accessed October 5, 2026).