Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 396 › Conversation 396-008
Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Presidential routine
Friday, January 12, 1973 · 1:55 AM–1:56 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The brief interaction focused on the provision of refreshments for the President. No further administrative or political business was recorded during this encounter before Sanchez departed.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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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 1:55 am and 1:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 396-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 396-8
Date: January 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:55 pm and 1:56 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 396-8 (cont’d)
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Refreshments
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:56 pm.Also recorded on January 12, 1973
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- 035-150 8:07 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 8:19 am.
- 395-016 8:07 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 8:17 am.
- 395-017 8:07 AM · 8 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 8:07 am and 8:19 am.
- 395-018 8:07 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 8:07 am and 8:19 am.
- 035-151 8:19 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone from 8:19 am to 8:28 am.
- 395-019 8:19 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:19 am to 8:28 pm.
- 395-020 8:28 AM · 15 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 8:28 am and 8:55 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 396-008, 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/396-008 (accessed October 11, 2026).