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Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Presidential valet and filing

Monday, August 21, 1972 · 8:30 AM–10:26 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation207-001 on Tape 207StartMonday, August 21, 1972 at 8:30 AMEndMonday, August 21, 1972 at 10:26 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 207-001 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, at the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David to attend to administrative duties. The discussion focused primarily on the organization and filing of personal or official documents. The interaction concluded with Sanchez departing the study to carry out these requested clerical tasks.

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On August 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 10:26 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 207-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 207-1

Date: August 21, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:30 am and 10:26 am
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Filing

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:26 am.
  • 140-055 10:26 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:26 am to 10:41 am.
  • 207-002 10:26 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 10:26 am.
  • 207-003 10:26 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:26 am to 10:41 am.
  • 140-056 11:20 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 11:20 am.
  • 140-057 11:20 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 12:28 pm.
  • 207-004 11:20 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 11:20 am.
  • 207-005 11:20 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 12:28 pm.
  • 140-058 12:28 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:28 pm to 12:31 pm.

Conversation 207-001, August 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/207-001 (accessed October 9, 2026).