Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 30 › Conversation 030-019

Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Manolo Sanchez and Rex Scouten

Thursday, September 21, 1972 · 7:50 PM–7:51 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation030-019 on Tape 30StartThursday, September 21, 1972 at 7:50 PMEndThursday, September 21, 1972 at 7:51 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 030-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman discuss the logistics of installing a small refrigerator in a White House closet for Tricia Nixon Cox. Haldeman confirms he has coordinated with Tricia and White House valet Manolo Sanchez regarding the specific location for the appliance. The two agree that the installation should proceed the following day, tasking Chief Usher Rex Scouten with the necessary carpentry work to prepare the space.

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Mr. President.
Hello.
Mr. President, do you still want Mr. Haldeman?
Yeah, I'll talk to him.
All right.
There you are, sir.
Hello.
Mr. Haldeman, sir.
Hello.
I worked it out, dear.
I just talked it over with Tricia and Manola with regard to that refrigerator in that closet.
Okay.
Could you get it tomorrow by any chance?
Probably.
fine if they could get it tomorrow and put it in that would be a good idea because they can take out those shells and put it in now i wouldn't try to put in the you know the plumbing and so forth now but put in the refrigerator now you see okay sure so if you can get one you you you have one don't you those hotel types that they can put in there yep and all of them they have to just run a wire and they got it done
That's right.
Okay.
Well, you tell them, and then they'll tell Rex to knock out the shelves and put it in.
Okay.
All right.
Fine.
And Manola knows what closet it goes in?
Yes, sir.
He's there.
I worked it all over with him.
Good.
Fine.
We'll do it.
Bye.
Bye.
Okay.

NARA Description

On September 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:50 pm to 7:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 30-19

Date: September 21, 1972
Time: 7:50 pm - 7:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

       Refrigerator
              -Tricia Nixon Cox
              -Manolo Sanchez
              -Installation
              -Rex W. Scouten
              -Sanchez

Also recorded on September 21, 1972

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  • 357-014 5:02 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm.
  • 357-015 5:02 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 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm.
  • 030-016 7:42 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:42 pm.
  • 030-017 7:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:42 pm to 7:43 pm.
  • 030-018 7:44 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 7:44 pm to 7:47 pm.
  • 030-020 7:51 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:51 pm and 8:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 030-019, September 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-019 (accessed October 1, 2026).