Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 428 › Conversation 428-014

Nixon & Sanchez on Personal logistics and Briefcase

Thursday, April 12, 1973 · 3:45 PM–3:57 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation428-014 on Tape 428StartThursday, April 12, 1973 at 3:45 PMEndThursday, April 12, 1973 at 3:57 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 428-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to coordinate the transport of personal items. The President directed Sanchez to move a briefcase from the office to his living quarters. This brief interaction served as a logistical instruction regarding the relocation of the President's property.

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Yes, sir.
You can take that over to the bedroom.
No, to the old one.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On April 12, 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 3:45 pm and 3:57 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 428-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 428-14

Date: April 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:45 pm and 3:57 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Brief case
           -Oval Office

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:57 pm.

Also recorded on April 12, 1973

  • 044-155 2:23 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:23 pm and 2:24 pm.
  • 044-164 2:23 PM · 6 sec — unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:23 pm and 2:24 pm.
  • 428-010 2:25 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:25 pm to 2:27 pm.
  • 044-156 2:27 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:28 pm.
  • 428-011 2:27 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:27 pm to 2:28 pm.
  • 428-012 2:30 PM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 3:45 pm.
  • 428-013 3:45 PM · 9 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 3:45 pm and 3:57 pm.
  • 894-016 4:00 PM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:00 pm to 5:27 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 428-014, April 12, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/428-014 (accessed October 5, 2026).