Nixon White House TapesTape 772 › Conversation 772-017

Nixon & Sanchez on White House logistics and Executive Office Building

Thursday, September 7, 1972 · 12:35 PM–12:37 PM ET · Oval Office ·13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Sanchez, ManoloConversation772-017 onTape 772StartThursday, September 7, 1972 at 12:35 PMEndThursday, September 7, 1972 at 12:37 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 772-017 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics for the President's upcoming activities. The discussion focused primarily on managing the President's schedule and his movements to and from the Executive Office Building. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.

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On September 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 772-017 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 772-17

Date: September 7, 1972
Time: unknown between 12:35 pm and 12:37 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

            The President’s schedule
                -Executive Office Building [EOB]

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:37 pm.
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  • 772-008 10:41 AM · 1 hr 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), John B. Connally, James Roosevelt, and John Roosevelt met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:41 am to 12:22 pm.
  • 772-009 12:23 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Edward J. Kiernan, Robert D. Gordon, John Harrington, Charles Bobbitt, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:23 pm to 12:35 pm.
  • 772-010 12:35 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 772-011 12:37 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:37 pm to 1:38 pm.
  • 359-001 1:40 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:45 pm.
  • 359-002 1:40 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:45 pm.
  • 359-003 1:40 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:45 pm.

Conversation 772-017, September 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/772-017 (accessed September 18, 2026).