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Nixon & Sanchez on Food service and Presidential routine

Monday, January 22, 1973 · 12:12 PM–2:53 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation400-002 on Tape 400StartMonday, January 22, 1973 at 12:12 PMEndMonday, January 22, 1973 at 2:53 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 400-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to attend to personal matters. The interaction was limited to the coordination of a food order for the President. No significant policy discussions or major political developments occurred during this brief exchange.

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Try a little cut to me now, please.

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 12:12 pm and 2:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 400-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 400-2

Date: January 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:12 pm and 2:53 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez [?].

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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

       Food order

[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Sanchez [?] left at an unknown time before 2:53 pm.
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on January 22, 1973

399-012 10:48 AM · 20 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 10:48 am and 11:01 am.
399-013 10:48 AM · 2 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 10:48 am and 11:01 am.
399-014 11:01 AM · 2 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:01 am to 1:20 pm.
036-040 12:10 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 12:10 pm to 12:22 pm.
400-001 12:12 PM · 12 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 12:12 pm and 2:53 pm.
400-003 12:12 PM · 26 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 12:12 pm and 2:53 pm.
399-015 1:20 PM · 1 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 1:20 pm and 2:53 pm.
399-016 1:20 PM · 1 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 1:20 pm and 2:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 400-002, 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/400-002 (accessed October 11, 2026).