Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 157 › Conversation 157-034

Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Football and Camp David

Saturday, December 9, 1972 · 4:00 PM–6:50 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 37 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation157-034 on Tape 157StartSaturday, December 9, 1972 at 4:00 PMEndSaturday, December 9, 1972 at 6:50 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 157-034 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, briefly discuss a televised football game while at Camp David. The conversation focuses on the lopsided score and the President's casual commentary regarding the nature of the blowout. No policy matters or official business are addressed during this informal exchange.

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Come on, intercept, intercept.
Oh, damn.
Oh, baby, 28 to nothing, now 31, 24.
They could just stop.

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 157-034 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 157-34

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.

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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

[See Conversation No. 235-15]

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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.
  • 157-032 4:00 PM · 15 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.
  • 157-035 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 157-034, 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/157-034 (accessed October 10, 2026).