Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 403 › Conversation 403-031

Nixon & Sanchez on Press conference preparations and White House staff

Wednesday, January 31, 1973 · 12:41 PM–2:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation403-031 on Tape 403StartWednesday, January 31, 1973 at 12:41 PMEndWednesday, January 31, 1973 at 2:40 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 403-031 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, at the Old Executive Office Building to discuss administrative details regarding his daily schedule and upcoming press conference. The brief exchange touched on logistical preparations and communications involving key staff members and figures such as Henry Kissinger and the late Lyndon Johnson. The conversation served primarily as a coordination session for the President's immediate agenda.

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10 to 1.

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It's going to be recorded.

I'm going to go from 10 to 1.

You don't have to .

You're saying it's a good question.

No, it's a good question.

That's a good question.

Yes, it's a good question.

I don't know.

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 12:41 pm and 2:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 403-031 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 403-31

Date: January 31, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:41 pm and 2:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

       President’s schedule

       Lyndon Johnson
            -President’s call
            -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s call
            -Henry A. Kissinger

       President’s press conference

       President’s schedule

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:41 pm.

       Liberals[?]

[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                              Conversation No. 403-31 (cont’d)

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:40 pm.

Also recorded on January 31, 1973

043-010 12:38 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan talked on the telephone from 12:38 pm to 12:41 pm.
403-026 12:38 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:38 pm.
403-027 12:38 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:38 pm to 12:41 pm.
403-028 12:41 PM · 10 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 12:41 pm and 2:40 pm.
403-029 12:41 PM · 7 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 12:41 pm and 2:40 pm.
403-030 12:41 PM · 8 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 12:41 pm and 2:40 pm.
403-032 12:41 PM · 5 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 12:41 pm and 2:40 pm.
403-033 12:41 PM · 8 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 12:41 pm and 2:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 403-031, 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/403-031 (accessed October 1, 2026).