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Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Secret Service and Office supplies

Wednesday, August 16, 1972 · 4:11 PM–9:06 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation202-025 on Tape 202StartWednesday, August 16, 1972 at 4:11 PMEndWednesday, August 16, 1972 at 9:06 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 202-025 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, at Camp David to discuss logistical arrangements and the President's personal preferences. The conversation primarily focused on the President's upcoming schedule, coordination with the Secret Service, and a specific preference regarding office supplies. Nixon expressed dissatisfaction with the provided legal pads, explicitly identifying the preferred style and model number to ensure he was adequately equipped for his work.

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Are we going to stay?

Are we not going to go back?

Let's go.

Woman, hello.

The yellow pads are different kinds.

This is what it

I do not like it as well as the big one.

Oh, I see, sir.

Let me have evidence.

Evidence, little bird.

That's right.

This is the one I want.

It's okay, I don't believe nobody, sir.

Number 969.

Evidence.

NARA Description

On August 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:11 pm and 9:06 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 202-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 202-25

Date: August 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:11 pm and 9:06 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     The President's schedule
          -Secret Service

     Office supplies
          -Legal pads

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:06 pm.

Also recorded on August 16, 1972

140-010 3:58 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:58 pm to 4:11 pm.
202-022 3:58 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:58 pm to 4:11 pm.
140-011 4:11 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:11 pm and 9:06 pm.
140-012 4:11 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:11 pm and 9:06 pm.
202-023 4:11 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:11 pm and 9:06 pm.
202-024 4:11 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:11 pm and 9:06 pm.
202-026 4:11 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:11 pm and 9:06 pm.
202-027 4:11 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:11 pm and 9:06 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 202-025, August 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/202-025 (accessed October 13, 2026).