Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 417 › Conversation 417-020

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Presidential valet

Wednesday, March 7, 1973 · 12:24 PM–2:31 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation417-020 on Tape 417StartWednesday, March 7, 1973 at 12:24 PMEndWednesday, March 7, 1973 at 2:31 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 417-020 ↗

President Richard Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The brief interaction, lasting approximately one minute, was personal in nature. No substantive policy discussions or significant administrative decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.

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On March 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 12:24 pm and 2:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 417-020 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 417-20

Date: March 7, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:24 pm and 2:31 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                           Conversation No. 417-24 (cont’d)

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:31 pm.
  • 871-011 12:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:24 pm.
  • 871-012 12:20 PM · 1 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:20 pm on March 7, 1973 and 9:51 am on March 8, 1973.
  • 417-017 12:24 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:24 pm and 2:31 pm.
  • 417-018 12:24 PM · 25 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 12:24 pm and 2:31 pm.
  • 417-019 12:24 PM · 4 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 12:24 pm and 2:31 pm.
  • 417-021 12:24 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:24 pm and 2:31 pm.
  • 417-022 12:24 PM · 10 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 12:24 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 417-023 12:24 PM · 10 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 12:24 pm and 3:00 pm.

Conversation 417-020, March 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/417-020 (accessed October 5, 2026).