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Nixon & Sanchez on White House tapes and personal records

Monday, January 22, 1973 · 7:56 PM–8:15 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 35 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation398-016 on Tape 398StartMonday, January 22, 1973 at 7:56 PMEndMonday, January 22, 1973 at 8:15 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 398-016 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, engage in a brief interaction concerning the review of photographs and the management of audio recordings. The discussion centers on locating a specific individual in a photograph and confirming that certain tapes are designated for the President’s private files. No major policy decisions were made during this brief, personal administrative exchange.

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Now look, it was in the back row.

I'm just starting to look at the photo.

I found it.

Oh, you found it now?

In the back row.

What did you tell him?

He didn't know.

Big, big, uh, what, sir?

This is the same tape, sir.

Those are for the private file.

NARA Description

On January 22, 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 7:56 pm and 8:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 398-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 398-16

Date: January 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 7:56 pm and 8:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez; the recording began at an unknown time while the
meeting was in progress.

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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

       Clothing
             -Bathrobe

       Tape for private file

[End of segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:15 am.

Also recorded on January 23, 1973

036-058 7:29 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 7:29 pm to 7:31 pm.
036-059 7:38 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 7:38 pm to 7:40 pm.
398-017 7:56 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:56 pm and 8:15 pm.
036-060 8:03 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 8:03 pm to 8:05 pm.
402-012 8:22 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:47 pm.
402-013 8:22 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:47 pm.
402-014 8:22 PM · 9 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 8:22 pm and 8:47 pm.
402-015 8:22 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:47 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 398-016, January 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/398-016 (accessed October 11, 2026).