President Richard Nixon met with his longtime personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, at the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David. The conversation, which lasted only five seconds before being redacted as a personal matter, involved private interaction between the President and his staff member. No policy discussions or significant administrative decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.
On August 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 5:59 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 205-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 205-21 Date: August 19, 1972 Time: Unknown between 4:32 pm and 5:59 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President met with Manolo Sanchez. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 5s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:59 pm.
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.