Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 198 › Conversation 198-007

Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Camp David and Personal staff

Tuesday, July 25, 1972 · 10:18 AM–10:31 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation198-007 on Tape 198StartTuesday, July 25, 1972 at 10:18 AMEndTuesday, July 25, 1972 at 10:31 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 198-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, at the Aspen Lodge to coordinate the movement of administrative materials. The President directed Sanchez to relocate a briefcase and a dictaphone to Birch Lodge. This brief logistical exchange ensured the secure transfer of essential working equipment during the President’s stay at Camp David.

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Now, I'd like for you to take that brief case at the small victim home, over to the head, and have one hold for another, in virtue.

NARA Description

On July 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:18 am and 10:31 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 198-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 198-7

Date: July 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:18 am and 10:31 am
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Briefcase and dictaphone
          -Birch Lodge

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:31 am.

Also recorded on July 25, 1972

  • 198-004 9:54 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:54 am to 10:07 am.
  • 752-006 9:55 AM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:55 am to 10:35 am.
  • 198-005 10:07 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:07 am and 10:09 am.
  • 198-006 10:09 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:09 am to 10:18 am.
  • 752-007 10:36 AM · 21 min — Stephen B. Bull, Frank C. Coleman, Herbert Stein, Russell E. Train, Arthur F. Sampson, Darrell M. Trent, Donald H. Rumsfeld, John D. Ehrlichman, White House photographer, and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:36 am to 10:57 am.
  • 027-049 10:57 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:57 am and 11:00 am.
  • 752-008 10:57 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Raymond A. Gallagher met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:57 am and 11:12 am.
  • 752-015 10:57 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:57 am and 11:00 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 198-007, July 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/198-007 (accessed October 12, 2026).