Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 413 › Conversation 413-005
Nixon & Sanchez on Office furniture and Presidential staff
Friday, February 23, 1973 · 2:48 PM–3:02 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss personal logistics. The brief interaction focused primarily on the arrangement of furniture, specifically the positioning of a chair within the office. No significant policy decisions were made during this informal engagement.
- Manolo Sanchez
- White House operations
- Office furniture
- Presidential staff
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On February 23, 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 2:48 pm and 3:02 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 413-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 413-5
Date: February 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:48 pm and 3:02 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown person [Manolo Sanchez?].
Greeting
-6-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 413-39 (cont’d)
Furniture arrangement
-Chair
The unknown person [Sanchez?] left at an unknown time before 3:02 pm.Also recorded on February 23, 1973
- 413-001 2:36 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles B. ("Bud") Wilkinson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:36 pm to 2:48 pm.
- 862-024 2:36 PM · 39 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:36 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
- 863-001 2:36 PM · 6 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:36 pm on February 23, 1973 and 9:50 pm on February 24, 1973.
- 863-002 2:36 PM · 26 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:36 pm on February 23, 1973 and 9:50 pm on February 24, 1973.
- 863-003 2:36 PM · 29 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:36 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
- 413-002 2:48 PM · 13 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 2:48 pm and 3:02 pm.
- 413-003 2:48 PM · 56 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 2:48 pm and 3:02 pm.
- 413-004 2:48 PM · 15 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 2:48 pm and 3:02 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 413-005, February 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/413-005 (accessed October 1, 2026).