Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 385 › Conversation 385-005
Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential health and Office environment
Monday, December 11, 1972 · 2:35 PM–4:05 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss mundane personal matters within the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation primarily focused on the temperature of the workspace and the ongoing physical discomfort Nixon was experiencing due to a sore foot. No significant policy or administrative decisions were made during this brief, informal interaction.
- Manolo Sanchez
- Presidential health
- Office environment
- Personal staff
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NARA Description
On December 11, 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 2:35 pm and 4:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 385-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 385-5
Date: December 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:35 pm and 4:05 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Temperature
The President’s foot
Food
-4-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 385-5 (cont’d)
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:05 pm.Also recorded on December 11, 1972
- 819-003 2:25 PM · 15 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:25 pm on December 11, 1972 and 9:57 am on December 12, 1972.
- 385-001 2:30 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 2:35 pm.
- 385-002 2:35 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 4:05 pm.
- 385-003 2:35 PM · 2 min — 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 2:35 pm and 4:05 pm.
- 385-004 2:35 PM · 12 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 2:35 pm and 4:05 pm.
- 385-006 2:35 PM · 19 sec — unknown person(s) and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 4:05 pm.
- 385-007 2:35 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 2:35 pm and 4:05 pm.
- 385-008 4:05 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:05 pm to 4:55 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 385-005, December 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/385-005 (accessed September 28, 2026).