Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 842 › Conversation 842-010
Nixon & Sanchez on White House staff and Oval Office
Thursday, January 25, 1973 · 4:55 PM–5:00 PM ET · Oval Office · 20 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, and an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to briefly discuss the President's upcoming schedule. The encounter concluded shortly thereafter with an expression of thanks from the President. No substantive policy decisions were documented during this short exchange.
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NARA Description
On January 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 5:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 842-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 842-10
Date: January 25, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:55 pm and 5:00 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
The President's schedule
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 4:55 pm.
Expression of thanks
Sanchez and the unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:00 pm.Also recorded on January 25, 1973
- 405-012 2:16 PM · 12 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 2:16 pm and 3:31 pm.
- 405-016 3:31 PM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:31 pm to 4:33 pm.
- 842-011 4:55 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 5:00 pm.
- 842-012 4:55 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 5:00 pm.
- 842-013 5:00 PM · 1 hr 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), Henry A. Kissinger, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Richard M. Helms met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:00 pm to 6:58 pm.
- 036-112 5:34 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:34 pm and 6:18 pm.
- 036-113 6:18 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard M. Helms talked on the telephone from 6:18 pm to 6:22 pm.
- 036-114 6:22 PM · 30 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:22 pm on January 25, 1973 and 1:18 pm on January 30, 1973.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 842-010, January 25, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/842-010 (accessed October 6, 2026).