Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 382 › Conversation 382-015
Nixon & Sanchez on Nguyen Van Thieu and White House administration
Sunday, December 17, 1972 · 1:19 PM–2:24 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 26 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to facilitate administrative tasks. During the encounter, the President prepared a draft of a letter addressed to South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. Nixon instructed Sanchez to deliver this document to a secretary for processing.
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NARA Description
On December 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 1:19 pm and 2:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 382-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 382-15
Date: December 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:19 pm and 2:24 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 382-15 (cont’d)
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Draft of the President’s letter to Nguyen Van Thieu
-Delivery to a secretary
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:24 pm.Also recorded on December 17, 1972
- 382-014 1:19 PM · 41 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 1:19 pm and 2:24 pm.
- 382-016 1:19 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 2:24 pm.
- 382-017 2:24 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:24 pm to 2:45 pm.
- 034-115 2:45 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 3:11 pm.
- 382-020 2:45 PM · 16 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 2:45 pm and 3:11 pm.
- 034-116 3:11 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 3:11 pm to 3:13 pm.
- 382-018 3:11 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:11 pm to 3:13 pm.
- 034-117 3:13 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:13 pm and 3:16 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 382-015, December 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/382-015 (accessed September 28, 2026).