Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 396 › Conversation 396-003
Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential staff and personal services
Friday, January 12, 1973 · 11:25 AM–11:43 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The brief interaction focused on the service of refreshments for the President. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were addressed during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On January 12, 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 11:25 am and 11:43 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 396-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 396-3
Date: January 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:25 am and 11:43 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez [?].
Refreshments
Sanchez [?] left at an unknown time before 11:43 am.Also recorded on January 12, 1973
- 035-152 11:25 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:43 am.
- 396-002 11:25 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Zosimo Monson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:43 am.
- 396-004 11:25 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 11:25 am and 11:43 am.
- 396-005 11:25 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:49 am.
- 035-153 11:43 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 11:43 am to 11:49 am.
- 035-109 11:50 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:50 am.
- 396-006 11:50 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 11:50 am.
- 396-007 11:55 AM · 2 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:55 am to 1:55 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 396-003, January 12, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/396-003 (accessed October 11, 2026).