Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 439 › Conversation 439-037

Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Presidential personal affairs

Wednesday, May 23, 1973 · 2:15 PM–3:27 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation439-037 on Tape 439StartWednesday, May 23, 1973 at 2:15 PMEndWednesday, May 23, 1973 at 3:27 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 439-037 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. While the specific nature of the interaction is obscured by redacted segments related to the removal of materials, the brief exchange concludes with the President instructing an unidentified party to remain disengaged from the matter at hand. This interaction appears to be a private administrative or logistical task involving the President's personal staff.

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Stay out of it.
Thanks, everyone.

On May 23, 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 2:15 pm and 3:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-037 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 439-37

Date: May 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:15 pm and 3:27 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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       Removal of something

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:27 pm.
  • 046-170 1:19 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:19 pm to 1:20 pm.
  • 439-035 1:19 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:19 pm to 1:20 pm.
  • 439-036 1:43 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:43 pm to 2:15 pm.
  • 439-038 2:15 PM · 23 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 2:15 pm and 3:27 pm.
  • 439-039 2:15 PM · 1 min — 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 2:15 pm and 3:27 pm.
  • 439-040 2:15 PM · 25 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 2:15 pm and 3:27 pm.
  • 046-171 3:27 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:27 pm.
  • 439-041 3:27 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:27 pm.

Conversation 439-037, May 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-037 (accessed October 12, 2026).