Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 157 › Conversation 157-040
Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Camp David and Personal staff
Saturday, December 9, 1972 · 6:50 PM–7:46 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 21 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, engage in a brief, informal exchange at Camp David. The conversation consists of a short, cryptic discussion involving references to figures such as 'Mister Kennedy' and the 'coroner Kennedy.' No substantive policy decisions or administrative actions are recorded in this fragment.
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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 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-040 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 157-40
Date: December 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 157-40 (cont’d)
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
[See Conversation No. 235-21]
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 7:46 pm.Also recorded on December 9, 1972
- 157-036 6:50 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm.
- 157-037 6:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm.
- 157-038 6:50 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm.
- 157-039 6:50 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm.
- 157-041 6:50 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm.
- 235-017 6:50 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm.
- 235-018 6:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm.
- 235-019 6:50 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 157-040, 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/157-040 (accessed October 10, 2026).