President Richard M. Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, at the Aspen Lodge during a weekend retreat at Camp David. The interaction, which lasted less than six minutes, consisted entirely of a withdrawn segment classified as personal and returnable. No administrative or policy business was documented, as the recording captures only private exchanges between the President and his staff member.
On July 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:06 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 198-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 198-19
Date: July 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:00 pm and 1:06 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 17s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:06 pm.
(rev. Mar-02)No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.