Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 210 › Conversation 210-010

Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Personal staff and Camp David

Tuesday, September 12, 1972 · 9:15 PM–9:50 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation210-010 on Tape 210StartTuesday, September 12, 1972 at 9:15 PMEndTuesday, September 12, 1972 at 9:50 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 210-010 ↗

President Nixon held an informal meeting with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, at the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David. While the official record indicates a brief encounter, the entirety of the discussion was withdrawn from the public archive as a personal, returnable item. Consequently, no substantive policy decisions or administrative topics are preserved in the historical record for this interaction.

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On September 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:15 pm and 9:50 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 210-010 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 210-10

Date: September 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:15 pm and 9:50 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 29s        ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:50 pm.
  • 142-004 8:53 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 8:53 pm.
  • 210-006 8:53 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 8:53 pm.
  • 142-005 8:58 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:58 pm to 9:00 pm.
  • 210-007 8:58 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:58 pm to 9:00 pm.
  • 142-006 9:03 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:03 pm.
  • 210-008 9:03 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 9:03 pm.
  • 142-007 9:04 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:04 pm to 9:15 pm.
  • 210-009 9:04 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:04 pm to 9:15 pm.

Conversation 210-010, September 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/210-010 (accessed September 30, 2026).