Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 445 › Conversation 445-031
Nixon & Sanchez on personal grooming and public speaking
Wednesday, June 13, 1973 · 5:40 PM–6:54 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 19 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to handle personal grooming preparations. The brief interaction centered on the President's appearance in anticipation of an upcoming speech. Sanchez confirmed he would deliver hair care products to the President to assist with these arrangements.
- personal grooming
- public speaking
- Manolo Sanchez
- White House staff
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NARA Description
On June 13, 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 5:40 pm and 6:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 445-031 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 445-31
Date: June 13, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:40 pm and 6:54 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Preparation for speech
-Hair care
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:54 pm.Also recorded on June 13, 1973
- 126-001 4:32 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including [David] Kenneth Rush, George P. Shultz, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, Elliot L. Richardson, J. Philip Campbell, Frederick B. Dent, Richard F. Schubert, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, John W. Barnum, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, George H. W. Bush, Herbert Stein, John T. Dunlop, Rogers C. B. Morton, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, General Brent G. Scowcroft, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Virginia H. Knauer, David R. Gergen, David N. Parker, Frederic V. Malek, and Arthur J. Sohmer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 5:42 pm.
- 040-080 5:22 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 5:22 pm to 5:23 pm.
- 445-027 5:22 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:22 pm to 5:23 pm.
- 040-081 5:39 PM · 26 sec — Stephen B. Bull and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:39 pm to 5:40 pm.
- 445-028 5:39 PM · 25 sec — Stephen B. Bull and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:39 pm to 5:40 pm.
- 445-029 5:40 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Nellie L. Yates, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 6:54 pm.
- 445-030 5:40 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 6:54 pm.
- 126-002 5:42 PM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, John T. Dunlop, and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, John G. Tower, Russell B. Long, Wallace F. Bennett, William Proxmire, Jacob K. Javits, Milton R. Young, Carl B. Albert, Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr., Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, Wright Patman, William B. Widnall, Herman T. Schneebeli, Roy L. Ash, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., William E. Timmons, Thomas C. Korologos, Max L. Friedersdorf, John J. McFall, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:42 pm to 6:52 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 445-031, June 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/445-031 (accessed October 9, 2026).