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Nixon phone call with Sievers on Washington Senators and Baseball

Monday, August 14, 1972 · 6:05 PM–8:17 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sievers, Roy EdwardConversation202-006 on Tape 202StartMonday, August 14, 1972 at 6:05 PMEndTuesday, August 15, 1972 at 8:17 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 202-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with former professional baseball player Roy Edward Sievers at Camp David to dictate a personal letter of appreciation. The President reflected on Sievers's career with the Washington Senators and discussed a specific photograph of the two men taken in 1957. This interaction served as a gesture of personal regard, highlighting Nixon's interest in maintaining connections with public figures outside of the political sphere.

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or baseball career with the Senators.
I could buy a photograph taken in 1957.
I would certainly disagree.
Sorry.
There it is.
On and off the field.
Number one.
Then and now.

NARA Description

President Richard M. Nixon and Roy Edward Sievers met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 202-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 202-6

Date: Unknown between August 14 and 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:05 pm, August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm, August 15, 1972
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President dictated a letter to Roy Edward Sievers.

      Washington Star article
          -Washington Senators
               -Sievers's career
                     -1957 photograph with the President
                     -The President's appreciation and regards

Also recorded on August 14, 1972

  • 030-052 5:18 PM · 13 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 5:18 pm on August 14, 1972 and 11:17 am on September 19, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 202-001 6:05 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972.
  • 202-002 6:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972.
  • 202-003 6:05 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972.
  • 202-004 6:05 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972.
  • 202-005 6:05 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972.
  • 202-007 6:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Roger Staubach met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972.
  • 202-008 6:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 202-006, August 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/202-006 (accessed October 12, 2026).