Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 406 › Conversation 406-018

Nixon & Sanchez on White House administration and Personal staff

Tuesday, January 30, 1973 · 1:23 PM–5:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation406-018 on Tape 406StartTuesday, January 30, 1973 at 1:23 PMEndTuesday, January 30, 1973 at 5:30 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 406-018 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to attend to routine administrative and personal matters. The discussion primarily focused on logistical arrangements, specifically the placement of a refreshment order and coordination of the President's schedule regarding a barber appointment facilitated by Stephen B. Bull. These brief interactions underscore the daily operational tasks managed by White House staff to maintain the President’s personal schedule.

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On January 30, 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 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-018 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 406-18

Date: January 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

       Refreshment order

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       President's schedule
             -Barber's appointment
                    -Stephen B. Bull

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:30 pm.
  • 036-119 1:23 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 406-011 1:23 PM · 27 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 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 406-012 1:23 PM · 13 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 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 406-013 1:23 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 406-014 1:23 PM · 40 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 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 406-015 1:23 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 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 406-016 1:23 PM · 31 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 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 406-017 1:23 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm.

Conversation 406-018, 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/406-018 (accessed October 6, 2026).