Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 389 › Conversation 389-020
Nixon & Sanchez on Personal belongings and Alexander P. Butterfield
Saturday, November 4, 1972 · 11:45 AM–12:25 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 20 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, to coordinate the handling of personal items. The discussion focused on the logistics of transferring specific belongings, including a potential television tray, to the custody of Alexander P. Butterfield. This exchange functioned as a routine administrative task regarding the President's personal property and White House office arrangements.
- Personal belongings
- Alexander P. Butterfield
- Manolo Sanchez
- White House administration
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NARA Description
On November 4, 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 11:45 am and 12:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 389-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 389-20
Date: November 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:45 am and 12:25 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 389-20 (cont’d)
[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Personal belongings
-Delivery to Alexander P. Butterfield
-Television [TV] tray [?]
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:25 pm.Also recorded on November 4, 1972
- 033-032 11:01 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 11:01 am to 11:02 am.
- 389-018 11:02 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry Hibbard, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:02 am and 11:40 am.
- 033-033 11:04 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry Hibbard talked on the telephone from 11:04 am to 11:06 am.
- 389-019 11:15 AM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 12:25 pm.
- 033-034 11:45 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:45 am and 12:25 pm.
- 389-021 11:45 AM · 10 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 11:45 am and 12:25 pm.
- 033-035 12:25 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:25 pm to 12:26 pm.
- 389-022 12:25 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:25 pm to 12:26 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 389-020, November 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/389-020 (accessed October 11, 2026).