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Nixon & Sanchez on Charles W. Colson

Monday, February 5, 1973 · 4:09 PM–4:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation408-006 on Tape 408StartMonday, February 5, 1973 at 4:09 PMEndMonday, February 5, 1973 at 4:10 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 408-006 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417187001 ↗

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On February 5, 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 4:09 pm and 4:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 408-006 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 408-6
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                           Conversation No. 408-10 (cont’d)

Date: February 5, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:09 pm and 4:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

       The President's schedule
              -Meeting with Charles W. Colson

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:10 pm.

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  • 408-003 2:58 PM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Earl L. Butz, James T. Lynn, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:58 pm to 4:05 pm.
  • 408-004 4:05 PM · 11 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 4:05 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 043-023 4:08 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:08 pm to 4:09 pm.
  • 408-005 4:08 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:08 pm to 4:09 pm.
  • 043-024 4:09 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:09 pm and 6:15 pm.
  • 408-007 4:10 PM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:10 pm to 4:46 pm.
  • 043-025 4:52 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 6:15 pm.
  • 849-001 4:52 PM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, Roy L. Ash, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:52 pm to 6:09 pm.

Conversation 408-006, February 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417187001). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/408-006 (accessed November 15, 2026).