Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 416 › Conversation 416-020
Nixon & Sanchez on Personnel management and White House staff
Saturday, March 3, 1973 · 4:07 PM–4:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss Sanchez's need for time away from his duties. Despite the President's insistence that Sanchez take a day off for rest, Sanchez declined the offer. The interaction concluded with the President acknowledging Sanchez’s decision to remain on duty.
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NARA Description
On March 3, 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 4:07 pm and 4:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 416-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 416-20
Date: March 3, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:07 pm and 4:10 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]
The President’s schedule
-Rest
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:10 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 416-21 (cont’d)Also recorded on March 3, 1973
- 868-019 3:27 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:27 pm.
- 868-020 3:27 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:27 pm and 3:45 pm.
- 416-019 4:07 PM · 34 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 4:07 pm and 4:10 pm.
- 416-023 4:07 PM · 34 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 4:07 pm and 4:10 pm.
- 416-021 4:10 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:10 pm.
- 416-022 4:10 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 4:10 pm and 5:18 pm.
- 037-041 5:18 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:18 pm.
- 037-042 5:18 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:18 pm and 6:16 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 416-020, March 3, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/416-020 (accessed October 1, 2026).