Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 408 › Conversation 408-008
Nixon & Sanchez on Dictation and Personal correspondence
Wednesday, February 7, 1973 · 2:15 PM–2:29 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The recording consists entirely of administrative dictation related to the President's personal notes and correspondence. No substantive policy discussions or major political developments occurred during this brief interaction.
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NARA Description
On February 7, 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 2:15 pm and 2:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 408-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 408-8
Date: February 7, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:15 pm and 2:29 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 408-10 (cont’d)
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.]
Dictation machine
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:29 pm.Also recorded on February 7, 1973
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- 408-009 2:29 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:29 pm to 2:30 pm.
- 408-010 2:35 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:35 pm to 3:07 pm.
- 852-014 3:10 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John T. Dunlop, Mrs. John T. Dunlop, John D. Ehrlichman, Herbert Stein, Donald H. Rumsfeld, White House operator, George Renercomb, George P. Shultz, and Jack Mahon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:10 pm to 3:15 pm.
- 852-015 3:15 PM · 1 hr 54 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:15 pm to 5:11 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 408-008, February 7, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/408-008 (accessed October 1, 2026).