Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 403 › Conversation 403-032
Nixon & Sanchez on Vietnam Peace Settlement and Press Relations
Wednesday, January 31, 1973 · 12:41 PM–2:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 5 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, to manage administrative tasks, including the organization of files and personal food orders. Prior to and following the interaction with Sanchez, Nixon dictated internal memoranda regarding upcoming press conferences, the Vietnam peace settlement, and the administration's relationship with Congress. He also coordinated his schedule, noting planned interactions with key advisors such as Charles Colson, Henry Kissinger, John Connally, and William Rogers.
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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 12:41 pm and 2:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 403-032 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 403-32
Date: January 31, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:41 pm and 2:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President dictated a memorandum for the files.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
President’s press conference
-Questions
-Vietnam settlement
-Thieu
-Congress[?]
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time before 2:40 pm
Items for filing
Food order
President’s schedule
-Charles Colson
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:40 pm; the President resumed his dictation.
Speech
President’s schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 403-32 (cont’d)
President’s call to Kissinger
John B. Connally[?]
William P. Rogers
President’s conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler
-Press relations
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
*****************************************************************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.
- 403-031 12:41 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 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 403-032, 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/403-032 (accessed October 1, 2026).