Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 416 › Conversation 416-005

Nixon & Sanchez

Thursday, March 1, 1973 · 1:25 PM–3:02 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation416-005 on Tape 416StartThursday, March 1, 1973 at 1:25 PMEndThursday, March 1, 1973 at 3:02 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 416-005 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417187321 ↗

A 12-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On March 1, 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 1:25 pm and 3:02 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 416-005 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 416-5

Date: March 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:25 pm and 3:02 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

       President's meeting in Oval Office
             -Coat

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:00 pm.

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I went over.
  • 866-016 12:41 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:41 pm to 1:06 pm.
  • 866-017 1:06 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:06 pm to 1:14 pm.
  • 866-022 1:14 PM · 25 sec — unknown person(s) and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 3:06 pm.
  • 416-003 1:15 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:15 pm to 1:25 pm.
  • 416-004 1:25 PM · 1 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 1:25 pm and 3:02 pm.
  • 416-006 1:25 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 3:02 pm.
  • 416-051 3:02 PM · 21 sec — unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:02 pm and 3:35 pm.
  • 866-018 3:02 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:02 pm and 3:06 pm.

Conversation 416-005, March 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417187321). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/416-005 (accessed November 15, 2026).