President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, at the Aspen Lodge to coordinate logistics during his retreat at Camp David. The primary interaction involved Nixon placing a telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, and instructing Sanchez to summon Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. This brief encounter served as a management session to organize the President's immediate schedule and communication needs.
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.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation 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
(rev. Oct-06)
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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 for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.