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...Once Manolo and his wife Fina, 40, were the Nixons' personal servants, cooking, keeping house, chauffeuring-first in California, then in New York. The White House staff takes care of those duties now, although Manolo defensively explains that on weekends at Key Biscayne or San Clemente it is like the old days when Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez were in charge. Manolo's chief duty now is being on hand when Richard Nixon wants...
...Year's Eve, Nixon invited newsmen into his office for a taste of his "secret" martini formula. It was not long before the press corps discovered that Manolo knew the vaunted recipe. But there were no high-level disclosures: "I give you my secret formula for daiquiris," he offered. "How about that?" He dispenses footnote facts-Nixon has orange juice, cold cereal and grapefruit for breakfast-but Manolo husbands in true Nixon fashion what he considers to be more controversial information, such as which newspapers the President reads during breakfast: "Oh, one or two. I really cannot...
...Sanchezes, who have no children, came to work for the Nixons shortly before the 1962 California gubernatorial election. Nixon Pal Bebe Rebozo recommended the couple after they had been forced to leave Cuba with their wealthy Italian employer. Manolo's English was so bad in the beginning that Nixon often had to leave notes for Fina to translate...
...Still, Manolo was Nixon's driver during that unsuccessful race: "Somebody in the heaven was looking out for me. I have a good map. I find every place. But sometimes he tell me something and I just stand there helpless-no understand." The Sanchezes moved with the Nixons to New York, where Fina taught Tricia and Julie to cook and looked after the apartment. In the pre-White House days, the Sanchezes chose Christmas gifts for the Nixons, but since moving into the White House they can think of nothing the First Family needs: "When we run the house...
Palace Life. Nixon was the Sanchezes' sponsor when they sought U.S. citizenship in 1968, delaying his departure to the Republican Convention long enough to stand beside Manolo and Fina as they received their naturalization papers. The move from refugees to White House residents has a storybook quality to the Sanchezes. Says Fina: "Every night we thank God for what we have. It's like you live in a history book." And Manolo: "It's the palace of the United States. How many other immigrants have had our chance...