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Nixon & Sanchez on News Summary and Presidential Routine

Monday, March 19, 1973 · 12:35 PM–1:28 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation420-013 on Tape 420StartMonday, March 19, 1973 at 12:35 PMEndMonday, March 19, 1973 at 1:28 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 420-013 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard M. Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in his Old Executive Office Building suite to review the daily news summary. The discussion primarily focused on the President's personal attention to media coverage and current events as presented by his staff. No significant policy decisions or administrative actions were recorded during this brief administrative briefing.

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NARA Description

On March 19, 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 12:35 pm and 1:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 420-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 420-13

Date: March 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:35 pm and 1:28 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

       News summary

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:28 pm.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on March 19, 1973

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  • 037-153 12:35 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 1:28 pm.
  • 420-012 12:35 PM · 10 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 12:35 pm and 1:28 pm.
  • 420-014 12:35 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 12:35 pm and 1:28 pm.
  • 420-015 12:35 PM · 8 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 12:35 pm and 1:28 pm.
  • 420-016 12:35 PM · 12 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 12:35 pm and 1:28 pm.
  • 037-154 1:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:28 pm to 1:31 pm.
  • 420-017 1:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:28 pm to 1:31 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 420-013, March 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/420-013 (accessed October 5, 2026).