Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 393 › Conversation 393-004
Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Presidential valet
Thursday, January 4, 1973 · 1:48 PM–2:54 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The interaction consisted primarily of social greetings rather than substantive policy discussions or administrative business. The conversation concluded with a standard farewell, marking no significant political or executive developments.
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NARA Description
On January 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 393-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 393-4
Date: January 4, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Greetings
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:54 pm.Also recorded on January 4, 1973
- 833-021 1:01 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:01 pm and 1:46 pm.
- 833-022 1:46 PM · 36 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:46 pm on January 4, 1973 and 10:11 am on January 5, 1973.
- 035-085 1:48 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 393-005 1:48 PM · 10 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 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 393-006 1:48 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 393-007 1:48 PM · 14 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 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 393-008 1:48 PM · 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 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 393-009 1:48 PM · 10 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 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 393-004, January 4, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/393-004 (accessed October 2, 2026).