Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 433 › Conversation 433-074
Nixon & Sanchez on Personal staff and Presidential routine
Tuesday, May 8, 1973 · 7:37 PM–7:41 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The brief interaction focused on personal services or private logistical arrangements, as indicated by the President's instruction to be allowed to finish a task. No significant policy developments or major political decisions resulted from this short, informal exchange.
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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 7:37 pm and 7:41 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 433-074 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 433-74
Date: May 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 7:37 pm and 7:41 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Instructions
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 7:41 pm.Also recorded on May 8, 1973
- 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.
- 433-075 7:37 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 7:37 pm and 7:41 pm.
- 913-009 7:37 PM · 42 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:37 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 045-160 7:41 PM · 55 sec — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 7:41 pm to 7:42 pm.
- 433-076 7:41 PM · 54 sec — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:41 pm to 7:42 pm.
- 433-077 7:42 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 7:42 pm and 8:01 pm.
- 433-078 7:42 PM · 8 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 7:42 pm and 8:01 pm.
- 433-079 7:42 PM · 15 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 7:42 pm and 8:01 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 433-074, 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/433-074 (accessed October 5, 2026).