Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 203 › Conversation 203-027

Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Camp David and H. R. Haldeman

Thursday, August 17, 1972 · 6:13 PM–6:18 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 23 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation203-027 on Tape 203StartThursday, August 17, 1972 at 6:13 PMEndThursday, August 17, 1972 at 6:18 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 203-027 ↗

A 23-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:13 pm and 6:18 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 203-027 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 203-27

Date: August 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:13 pm and 6:18 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Telephone call
          -Tricia Nixon Cox

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     Request for H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman to join him

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:18 pm.

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

  • 176-004 6:08 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:08 pm to 6:13 pm.
  • 203-026 6:08 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 6:08 pm to 6:13 pm.
  • 176-005 6:18 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, Manolo Sanchez, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:18 pm to 6:23 pm.
  • 203-028 6:18 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 6:18 pm to 6:23 pm.
  • 203-029 6:23 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:23 pm and 6:25 pm.
  • 176-006 6:25 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:25 pm to 6:26 pm.
  • 203-030 6:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 6:25 pm to 6:26 pm.
  • 204-001 6:26 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:26 pm and 7:35 pm.

Conversation 203-027, August 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/203-027 (accessed November 2, 2026).