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Nixon & Sanchez on Rose Mary Woods and personal administration

Monday, January 22, 1973 · 9:10 AM–9:47 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation399-005 on Tape 399StartMonday, January 22, 1973 at 9:10 AMEndMonday, January 22, 1973 at 9:47 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 399-005 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to coordinate the transfer of specific documents and items. The primary objective of the meeting was to ensure the delivery of materials, including tax documents and records related to personal vehicles, to the President's personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. No significant policy discussions occurred during this brief administrative exchange.

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This goes to Rose, the tax driver.
These are Rose's cars.

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 9:10 am and 9:47 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 399-005 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 399-5

Date: January 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:10 am and 9:47 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

       Delivery to Rose Mary Woods
            -Transcription
            -Marjorie P. Acker

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:47 am.
  • 036-037 9:10 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 9:47 am.
  • 399-003 9:10 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 9:47 am.
  • 399-004 9:10 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 9:47 am.
  • 399-006 9:10 AM · 37 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 9:10 am and 9:47 am.
  • 399-007 9:10 AM · 25 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 9:10 am and 9:47 am.
  • 036-036 9:47 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 9:47 am to 9:53 am.
  • 399-008 9:47 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:47 am and 9:53 am.
  • 399-009 9:53 AM · 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 9:53 am and 10:14 am.

Conversation 399-005, January 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/399-005 (accessed October 11, 2026).