Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 433 › Conversation 433-070
Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Dinner arrangements
Tuesday, May 8, 1973 · 6:51 PM–6:59 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to handle routine personal matters. Their brief interaction centered on the coordination of a dinner order and the facilitation of a retrieval exercise. No significant policy or political decisions were recorded during this private exchange.
- Manolo Sanchez
- Personal staff
- Dinner arrangements
- Presidential routine
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NARA Description
On May 8, 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 6:51 pm and 6:59 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 433-070 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 433-70
Date: May 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:51 pm and 6:59 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]
Retrieval
-Exercise
Dinner order
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:59 pm.Also recorded on May 8, 1973
- 913-006 6:27 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:27 pm and 6:30 pm.
- 913-007 6:27 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:27 pm and 6:30 pm.
- 913-008 6:30 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:30 pm to 7:37 pm.
- 045-159 6:51 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:51 pm.
- 433-069 6:51 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:51 pm.
- 433-071 6:51 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:51 pm and 6:59 pm.
- 433-072 6:51 PM · 18 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 6:51 pm and 6:59 pm.
- 433-073 6:59 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:59 pm to 7:37 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 433-070, May 8, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/433-070 (accessed October 5, 2026).