Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 386 › Conversation 386-007

Nixon & Sanchez on White House logistics and Administrative coordination

Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 6:44 PM–7:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation386-007 on Tape 386StartTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 6:44 PMEndTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 7:35 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 386-007 ↗

President Richard Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss the President's upcoming daily schedule. The conversation served as a routine administrative coordination regarding official appointments and logistics. No major policy developments were recorded, as the meeting focused exclusively on personal and professional planning.

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On December 5, 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 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 386-007 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 386-7

Date: December 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                                 Conversation No. 386-7 (cont’d)

       The President’s schedule

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 7:35 pm.
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  • 034-148 6:30 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:43 pm.
  • 386-004 6:30 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 7:35 pm.
  • 034-026 6:43 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 6:43 pm to 6:44 pm.
  • 386-005 6:44 PM · 50 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 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm.
  • 386-006 6:44 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm.
  • 386-008 6:44 PM · 1 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 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm.
  • 386-009 6:44 PM · 34 sec — unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm.

Conversation 386-007, December 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/386-007 (accessed September 28, 2026).