Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 732 › Conversation 732-012

Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Presidential personal affairs

Tuesday, June 13, 1972 · 1:18 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation732-012 on Tape 732 (tape position 03:51:23–03:53:10)StartTuesday, June 13, 1972 at 1:18 PMEndTuesday, June 13, 1972 at 1:18 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 732-012 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office for a brief, one-minute interaction. Due to the lack of a transcript and the immediate departure of both parties, the substance of this meeting remains undocumented in public records. The session primarily involved personal matters, as evidenced by the immediate withdrawal of a segment classified as personal and returnable.

Audio for this conversation has not been released by the National Archives.

No transcript is available because the audio has not been released.

On June 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 732-012 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 732-12

Date: June 13, 1972
Time: 1:18 pm.
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 7s        ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The President and Sanchez left at 1:18 pm.
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Conversation 732-012, June 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/732-012 (accessed October 12, 2026).