Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 403 › Conversation 403-023
Nixon & Sanchez on personal staff and food service
Wednesday, January 31, 1973 · 10:56 AM–12:34 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 41 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss administrative tasks and personal arrangements. The conversation focused on the logistics of a food order and the handling of a portable icebox. No major policy developments occurred during this brief interaction regarding the President's personal services.
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NARA Description
On January 31, 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 10:56 am and 12:34 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 403-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 403-23
Date: January 31, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:56 am and 12:34 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 403-23 (cont’d)
[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Food order
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:34 pm.Also recorded on January 31, 1973
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- 403-017 10:10 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:10 am.
- 403-019 10:18 AM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Peter J. Brennan, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:18 am to 10:56 am.
- 043-007 10:56 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 12:34 pm.
- 403-020 10:56 AM · 24 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 10:56 am and 11:28 am.
- 403-021 10:56 AM · 1 min — 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 10:56 am and 11:28 am.
- 403-022 10:56 AM · 11 sec — Rose Mary Woods and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 11:28 am.
- 403-024 10:56 AM · 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 10:56 am and 12:34 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 403-023, January 31, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/403-023 (accessed October 1, 2026).