President Richard Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, at the Aspen Lodge during his stay at Camp David. The interaction lasted only two minutes and concluded with no recorded policy or administrative developments. The brief exchange remains undocumented due to the absence of a transcript and the existence of a withdrawn personal segment.
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 6:23 pm and 6:25 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 203-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 203-29
Date: August 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:23 pm and 6:25 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Telephone call
(rev. Oct-06)
-Tricia Nixon Cox
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2s ]
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:25 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.