Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 416 › Conversation 416-036
Nixon & Sanchez on Press relations and Presidential press conferences
Thursday, March 15, 1973 · 1:18 PM–2:48 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 34 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss the President’s recent press conference and the hostile nature of the press corps. Sanchez expressed personal distress regarding the intense media scrutiny and the stressful environment surrounding the administration. The conversation reflects the President's ongoing preoccupation with his public image and the adversarial relationship between the White House and the press.
- Richard Nixon
- Manolo Sanchez
- Press relations
- Presidential press conferences
- White House media strategy
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NARA Description
On March 15, 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 1:18 pm and 2:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 416-036 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 416-36
Date: March 15, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:18 pm and 2:48 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
President's press conference
-Press relations
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:48 pm.Also recorded on March 15, 1973
- 880-009 12:35 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 1:02 pm.
- 880-010 1:02 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:02 pm and 1:04 pm.
- 880-011 1:04 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:04 pm and 1:16 pm.
- 037-119 1:18 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 2:48 pm.
- 416-037 1:18 PM · 8 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 1:18 pm and 2:48 pm.
- 416-038 1:18 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 2:48 pm.
- 416-039 1:18 PM · 10 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 1:18 pm and 2:48 pm.
- 416-040 1:18 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 2:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 416-036, March 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/416-036 (accessed October 1, 2026).