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Nixon & Sanchez on briefcase materials and document transfer

Monday, January 17, 1972 · 8:58 AM–9:48 AM ET · Oval Office · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation648-003 on Tape 648 (tape position 00:31:45–00:34:15)StartMonday, January 17, 1972 at 8:58 AMEndMonday, January 17, 1972 at 9:48 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 648-003 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417180413 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed Manolo Sanchez to deliver materials for his briefcase to the Executive Office Building. This brief meeting in the Oval Office served the sole purpose of facilitating the transfer of documents. Sanchez's action item was to take the materials to the briefcase.

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Position in tape: 00:31:45 – 00:34:15

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NARA Description

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 Aid

Conversation 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.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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NixonManolo, you can take this up to her, to the briefcase.

Also recorded on January 17, 1972

  • 648-001 8:58 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Allen S. Drury met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:58 am and 9:48 am.
  • 648-002 8:58 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Don Shula met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:58 am and 9:48 am.
  • 648-004 9:48 AM · 3 hr 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), White House operator, John B. Connally, Henry A. Kissinger, H. G. Wells, Robert S. Ingersoll, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:48 am to 1:23 pm.
  • 018-087 11:24 AM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:30 am.
  • 648-005 1:23 PM · 19 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 3:45 pm.
  • 018-088 1:25 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 315-001 1:25 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 315-002 1:25 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:39 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 648-003, January 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417180413). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/648-003 (accessed November 14, 2026).