Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 654 › Conversation 654-002
United States Secret Service agents & Sanchez on Secret Service
Monday, January 24, 1972 · 6:10 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 38 sec
AI Summary
United States Secret Service agents, Manolo Sanchez, and an unidentified woman gathered in the Oval Office to coordinate the President's schedule and logistical movements. During the brief interaction, an unspecified item was handed to an agent, and participants discussed the President's relocation to the residence. The meeting concluded with the departure of Sanchez and the unknown woman as the recording transitioned to a brief telephone exchange regarding the President's whereabouts.
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NARA Description
On January 24, 1972, United States Secret Service agents, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:10 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 654-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 654-2
Date: January 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:10 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service agents], Manolo Sanchez, and an unknown women met.
The President’s schedule
Sanchez and the unknown woman left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.
[An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 6:10 pm and
11:59 pm.]
Unknown item given to an agent
[Conversation No. 654-2A]
The President’s location
-Residence
[End of telephone conversation]
The President’s schedule
Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.Also recorded on January 24, 1972
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- 317-017 4:27 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:27 pm to 4:55 pm.
- 317-018 4:55 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:55 pm.
- 654-001 4:55 PM · 1 hr 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William S. White, unknown person(s), Peter M. Flanigan, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 6:09 pm.
- 019-054 4:59 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William S. White talked on the telephone from 4:59 pm to 5:02 pm.
- 019-055 5:18 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:18 pm and 5:47 pm.
- 019-056 5:47 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:47 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 654-002, January 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/654-002 (accessed October 6, 2026).