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Nixon & Sanchez on Personal affairs and Condolences

Monday, January 22, 1973 · 9:53 AM–10:14 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation399-009 on Tape 399StartMonday, January 22, 1973 at 9:53 AMEndMonday, January 22, 1973 at 10:14 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 399-009 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Executive Office Building. The conversation primarily addressed personal matters and expressions of condolences, though the transcript segments are largely unintelligible. No significant policy decisions or administrative actions were recorded during this brief encounter.

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I'm so sorry that she grew up dead.
I'm sorry that she grew up dead.
I'm sorry that she grew up dead.

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 9:53 am and 10:14 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 399-009 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 399-9

Date: January 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:53 am and 10:14 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                              Conversation No. 399-9 (cont’d)

       Debbie Terry [?]
            -Meeting with the President

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:14 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.
  • 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.
  • 399-010 9:53 AM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Debbie Terry, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:53 am and 10:14 am.
  • 036-038 10:14 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:14 am.
  • 399-011 10:14 AM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:14 am and 10:48 am.
  • 036-039 10:26 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 10:26 am to 10:27 am.

Conversation 399-009, 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/399-009 (accessed October 11, 2026).