Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 429 › Conversation 429-001
Nixon & Sanchez on William P. Rogers and White House logistics
Tuesday, April 17, 1973 · 5:09 PM–5:15 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 56 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet Manolo Sanchez and an unidentified individual to coordinate his immediate professional and personal schedule. The brief discussion primarily concerned the President's upcoming evening bowling plans and arrangements for a meeting with Secretary of State William P. Rogers scheduled for the following afternoon. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this logistics-focused interaction.
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NARA Description
On April 17, 1973, 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 5:09 pm and 5:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 429-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 429-001
Date: April 17, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:09 pm and 5:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown man and Manolo Sanchez.
President's schedule
-Evening of April 17, 1973
-Bowling
-Forthcoming meeting with William P. Rogers
-Afternoon of April 18, 1973
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:15 pm.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]
President’s schedule
-Afternoon of April 18, 1973
-House [?]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:15 pm.Also recorded on April 17, 1973
- 899-002 4:35 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:41 pm.
- 899-003 4:35 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:41 pm.
- 899-005 4:35 PM · 15 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:41 pm.
- 899-004 4:48 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:48 pm to 5:03 pm.
- 038-089 5:03 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:03 pm and 6:17 pm.
- 899-006 5:03 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:03 pm on April 17, 1973 and 7:58 am on April 18, 1973.
- 429-002 5:15 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:15 pm to 5:16 pm.
- 429-003 5:20 PM · 1 hr 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 7:14 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 429-001, April 17, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/429-001 (accessed October 5, 2026).