Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 387 › Conversation 387-012
Nixon & Sanchez on Charles W. Colson and H. R. Haldeman
Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 1:10 PM–2:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss the logistics of his upcoming daily schedule. The conversation focused on coordinating an impending meeting with Charles W. Colson and H. R. Haldeman. This brief interaction served to manage the President's internal administrative appointments for the afternoon.
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NARA Description
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 1:10 pm and 2:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 387-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 387-12
Date: December 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:10 pm and 2:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Charles W. Colson
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:00 pm.Also recorded on December 5, 1972
- 818-007 12:37 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 12:42 pm.
- 818-008 12:37 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 12:42 pm.
- 034-022 1:09 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:09 pm to 1:10 pm.
- 034-147 1:09 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:09 pm.
- 387-008 1:09 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:09 pm.
- 387-009 1:09 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:09 pm to 1:10 pm.
- 387-010 1:10 PM · 23 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 1:10 pm and 2:00 pm.
- 387-011 1:10 PM · 28 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 1:10 pm and 2:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 387-012, 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/387-012 (accessed September 28, 2026).