Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 204 › Conversation 204-010

Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Raymond K. Price Jr. and Camp David

Thursday, August 17, 1972 · 11:49 PM–12:45 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation204-010 on Tape 204StartThursday, August 17, 1972 at 11:49 PMEndFriday, August 18, 1972 at 12:45 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 204-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, at the Aspen Lodge to coordinate administrative tasks during a late-night session at Camp David. The primary focus of the discussion involved providing instructions for a telex to be sent to Raymond K. Price, Jr., which included directives intended for another staff member, likely Rose Mary Woods. No further significant policy decisions were documented during this brief encounter.

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NARA Description

President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 11:49 pm on August 17, 1972 and 12:45 am on August 18, 1972. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 204-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 204-10

Date: Unknown between August 17 and August 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:49 pm, August 17, 1972 and 12:45 am, August 18, 1972
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Telex to Raymond K. Price, Jr.
          -Instruction for unknown woman [Rose Mary Woods?]

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:45 am, August 18, 1972.

Also recorded on August 18, 1972

  • 140-032 11:04 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:04 pm and 11:43 pm.
  • 140-033 11:04 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:04 pm and 11:43 pm.
  • 204-007 11:04 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:04 pm and 11:43 pm.
  • 204-008 11:04 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 11:04 pm and 11:43 pm.
  • 204-009 11:04 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Camp David operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 11:04 pm on August 17, 1972 and 12:45 am on August 18, 1972.
  • 140-034 11:43 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:43 pm to 11:49 pm.
  • 204-011 11:49 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 11:49 pm on August 17, 1972 and 12:45 am on August 18, 1972.
  • 204-012 11:49 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 11:49 pm on August 17, 1972 and 12:45 am on August 18, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 204-010, August 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/204-010 (accessed October 12, 2026).