Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 802 › Conversation 802-008
Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential staff and Personal matters
Tuesday, October 17, 1972 · 6:29 PM–6:30 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief meeting with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office. The conversation was extremely short, lasting less than a minute, and concerned personal matters rather than official policy. No substantive administrative or political decisions were recorded during this interaction.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On October 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:29 pm and 6:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 802-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 802-8 Date: October 17, 1972 Time: Unknown between 6:29 pm and 6:30 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Manolo Sanchez. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 16s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:30 pm
Also recorded on October 17, 1972
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- 031-106 6:26 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:26 pm to 6:27 pm.
- 031-107 6:27 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:27 pm and 6:28 pm.
- 031-108 6:28 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Pegge (Jendro) Begich talked on the telephone from 6:28 pm to 6:29 pm.
- 802-006 6:28 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Pegge (Jendro) Begich met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:28 pm to 6:29 pm.
- 802-007 6:29 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:29 pm and 6:30 pm.
- 802-009 6:30 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:30 pm to 7:17 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 802-008, October 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/802-008 (accessed October 10, 2026).