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Nixon, Rebozo & Sanchez on 1973 Inauguration and Presidential logistics

Friday, January 19, 1973 · 6:15 PM–6:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Rebozo, Charles G. ("Bebe"); Sanchez, ManoloConversation398-014 on Tape 398StartFriday, January 19, 1973 at 6:15 PMEndFriday, January 19, 1973 at 6:40 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 398-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his close friend Bebe Rebozo and valet Manolo Sanchez at the Old Executive Office Building to discuss the logistical complexities surrounding the upcoming 1973 presidential inauguration. The conversation shifted to personal observations regarding an unidentified individual in Philadelphia, toward whom the President expressed strong disdain. The meeting concluded with the men preparing to depart, following the handling of items for the President's private files.

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very complicated business

Let's go.

Wait, wait, wait.

No, no, I'm sorry.

I don't want you to talk to that person.

Okay.

Well, I think I was going to have just a little thought that he was, you know, this pretty little devil.

That's right.

That's very good.

I think he's banging it.

Yeah, I think he's banging it.

But then I'm not sure, he says, he looks at me like he's a, you know, no, no.

But he said he looks like a thing at the time, that's what she said.

And he said, faggot.

And he always seemed to me as if he was a faggot.

You know.

I love it.

NARA Description

On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 398-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 398-14

Date: January 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo.

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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

       1973 Inauguration
            -Complexity

       Refreshments

       Philadelphia
             -Unknown man
             -President’s disgust
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 398-14 (cont’d)

             -Unknown woman

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 6:15 pm.

       Item for private file

[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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       1973 Inauguration

The President and Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:40 pm.

Also recorded on January 19, 1973

398-009 5:24 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:24 pm to 5:55 pm.
398-010 5:56 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 6:40 pm.
036-008 6:15 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm.
036-009 6:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm.
398-011 6:15 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 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm.
398-012 6:15 PM · 18 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 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm.
398-013 6:15 PM · 1 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 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm.
398-015 6:15 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 398-014, January 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/398-014 (accessed October 11, 2026).