President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a personal communication. The President requested that the operator connect him to Manolo Sanchez, his longtime personal valet. This brief interaction served as a routine logistical step to establish private contact with a member of his staff.
On September 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:36 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 143-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 143-1 Date: September 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 6:30 pm and 6:36 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 211-6] Request for a call to Manolo Sanchez
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