Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 428 › Conversation 428-035

Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential records and White House Correspondents' Dinner

Saturday, April 14, 1973 · 6:45 PM–8:11 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation428-035 on Tape 428StartSaturday, April 14, 1973 at 6:45 PMEndSaturday, April 14, 1973 at 8:11 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 428-035 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss administrative matters, including the filing of the President's private papers. The two also addressed the President's schedule and his assessment regarding his attendance at the upcoming White House Correspondents' Dinner. Nixon expressed doubt about the event's arrangements, ultimately indicating a change in his plans.

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Yeah, leaving yesterday, take it when you're ready for it.
Do you believe that that's going to be fixed up for this year?
I don't.
You're not going?
You're not going?
I'm going to change it up.
Yeah, but what...

On April 14, 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 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 428-035 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 428-35

Date: April 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Filing
              -President’s private file

     President’s schedule
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                                Conversation No. 428-35 (cont’d)

            -Departure
            -White House Correspondents Dinner
                 -President’s assessment

The President and Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:11 pm.
  • 038-030 5:15 PM · 15 sec — John D. Ehrlichman and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 6:08 pm.
  • 038-032 6:08 PM · 49 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:08 pm to 6:09 pm.
  • 428-029 6:45 PM · 9 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 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm.
  • 428-030 6:45 PM · 11 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 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm.
  • 428-031 6:45 PM · 16 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 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm.
  • 428-032 6:45 PM · 14 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 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm.
  • 428-033 6:45 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm.
  • 428-034 6:45 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm.

Conversation 428-035, April 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/428-035 (accessed October 5, 2026).