Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 143 › Conversation 143-001

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Manolo Sanchez and Camp David

Saturday, September 16, 1972 · 6:30 PM–6:36 PM ET · Camp David Study Table ·12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Camp David OperatorConversation143-001 onTape 143StartSaturday, September 16, 1972 at 6:30 PMEndSaturday, September 16, 1972 at 6:36 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 143-001 ↗

AI Summary

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.

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Get me a Manolo, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

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 Aid

Conversation 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

Also recorded on September 16, 1972

  • 211-001 2:31 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 6:36 pm.
  • 211-002 2:31 PM · 13 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 6:36 pm.
  • 143-002 6:36 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:36 pm to 6:37 pm.
  • 211-007 6:36 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 6:36 pm to 6:37 pm.
  • 211-008 6:37 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:37 pm and 7:00 pm.
  • 211-009 6:37 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:37 pm and 7:00 pm.
  • 211-010 6:37 PM · 13 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:37 pm and 7:00 pm.
  • 211-011 7:00 PM · 13 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 7:00 pm on September 16, 1972 and 10:25 am on September 17, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 143-001, September 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/143-001 (accessed September 18, 2026).