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Nixon & Sanchez on Administrative tasks

Monday, June 4, 1973 · 5:06 PM–6:04 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation442-047 on Tape 442StartMonday, June 4, 1973 at 5:06 PMEndMonday, June 4, 1973 at 6:04 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 442-047 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss administrative tasks and scheduling. The conversation focused on the President requesting that Sanchez complete a specific task and allocate an additional hour for his agenda. No significant political developments or policy decisions resulted from this brief, routine interaction.

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I don't know.
Fill that in, please, and give me a little extra hour.
All right.

On June 4, 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 5:06 pm and 6:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-047 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 442-047

Date: June 4, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:06 pm and 6:04 pm

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was initially prepared for the
Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) and can be found in Record Group (RG) 460, Box
172, “Transcript Prepared by the Impeachment Inquiry Staff for the House Judiciary
Committee…,” pages 58 (.pdf pages 62). The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff reviewed the
transcript and made changes as necessary. This transcript has been reviewed under the
provisions of the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (PRMPA).
The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:04 pm.
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  • 039-078 5:00 PM · 6 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:00 pm to 5:06 pm.
  • 442-043 5:00 PM · 5 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:00 pm to 5:06 pm.
  • 442-044 5:06 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 6:04 pm.
  • 442-045 5:06 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 6:04 pm.
  • 442-046 5:06 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 5:06 pm and 6:04 pm.
  • 442-048 5:06 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 6:04 pm.
  • 442-049 6:04 PM · 1 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:04 pm to 7:47 pm.

Conversation 442-047, June 4, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/442-047 (accessed October 1, 2026).