Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 829 › Conversation 829-020

Nixon & Sanchez on Oval Office and Executive Office Building

Tuesday, January 2, 1973 · 8:45 AM–8:53 AM ET · Oval Office · 22 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation829-020 on Tape 829StartTuesday, January 2, 1973 at 8:45 AMEndTuesday, January 2, 1973 at 8:53 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 829-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to provide specific instructions regarding the management of presidential property. The President directed Sanchez to move a designated Lincoln-related item from the Oval Office to the Executive Office Building. This brief exchange served to coordinate the logistical relocation of office contents.

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Well, but other than that, you can go out, too.

I want that to leave him there.

Yeah, we'll go over there in the, uh, wheel.

Yeah, we'll go over there in the wheel.

NARA Description

On January 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 829-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 829-20

Date: January 2, 1973
Time: Unknown after 8:45 am and 8:53 am
Location: Oval Office
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 829-20 (cont’d)

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

       Instructions
             -Lincoln item
             -Move to the Executive Office Building [EOB]

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:53 am.

Also recorded on January 2, 1973

035-050 8:45 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:53 am.
829-017 8:45 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John McKay met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:53 am.
829-018 8:45 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Wayne Woodrow ("Woody") Hays met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:53 am.
829-019 8:45 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:53 am.
829-021 8:45 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:53 am.
829-022 8:45 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:53 am.
829-023 8:45 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Gerald L. Warren met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:56 am.
035-051 8:56 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Warren E. Burger talked on the telephone from 8:56 am to 9:03 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 829-020, January 2, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/829-020 (accessed October 12, 2026).