Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 157 › Conversation 157-032

Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Camp David and Presidential staff

Saturday, December 9, 1972 · 4:00 PM–6:50 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation157-032 on Tape 157StartSaturday, December 9, 1972 at 4:00 PMEndSaturday, December 9, 1972 at 6:50 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 157-032 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon and his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, spoke via telephone while the President was stationed at Camp David. The discussion served as a routine communication between the President and a member of his domestic staff regarding administrative or personal logistics. No official policy decisions were recorded during this brief exchange, as the transcript remains unavailable for public review.

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NARA Description

On December 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-032 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 157-32

Date: December 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

[See Conversation No. 235-13]

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[See Conversation No. 235-13]

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:50 pm.
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on December 9, 1972

  • 157-028 4:00 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 157-029 4:00 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 157-030 4:00 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 157-031 4:00 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 157-033 4:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 157-034 4:00 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 157-035 4:00 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 235-010 4:00 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 157-032, December 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-032 (accessed October 10, 2026).