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Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Presidential valet

Tuesday, January 30, 1973 · 12:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation406-002 on Tape 406StartTuesday, January 30, 1973 at 12:10 PMEndTuesday, January 30, 1973 at 12:10 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 406-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The brief interaction concluded as Sanchez departed the office immediately following the meeting. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.

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NARA Description

On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 406-2

Date: January 30, 1973
Time: 12:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

       Time of day

Sanchez left at 12:10 pm.

Also recorded on January 30, 1973

  • 036-115 12:06 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 1:18 pm.
  • 406-001 12:06 PM · 18 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 12:06 pm and 12:10 pm.
  • 406-003 12:10 PM · 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 12:10 pm and 12:25 pm.
  • 406-004 12:25 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:35 pm.
  • 406-005 12:25 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:35 pm.
  • 406-006 12:35 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:35 pm to 12:50 pm.
  • 406-007 12:50 PM · 13 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 12:50 pm and 1:18 pm.
  • 036-116 1:18 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:18 pm to 1:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 406-002, January 30, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/406-002 (accessed October 6, 2026).