President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office to address administrative needs. The discussion focused on organizing and retrieving specific materials intended for the President’s briefcase kept in his Executive Office Building (EOB) office. The meeting concluded with Sanchez departing to handle these logistical preparations.
On January 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:58 am and 9:48 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 648-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 648-3
Date: January 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:58 am and 9:48 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Material for briefcase in Executive Office Building [EOB] office
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:48 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.