Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 211 › Conversation 211-020
Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Presidential Valet and Camp David
Sunday, September 17, 1972 · 1:25 PM–1:53 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire ·13 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met with his longtime valet, Manolo Sanchez, at the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David. The conversation, which lasted 34 seconds and was subsequently withdrawn from public record, involved personal matters between the President and his personal staff member. No policy decisions or administrative actions were documented in the surviving record of this encounter.
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NARA Description
On September 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 1:53 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 211-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 211-20
Date: September 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:00 pm and 1:53 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
(rev. Oct-06)
[Duration: 34s ]
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:53 pm.Also recorded on September 17, 1972
- 143-005 11:28 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:28 am and 11:30 am.
- 143-007 11:30 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Lt. Col. William L. Golden talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:30 am to 11:31 am.
- 211-018 11:30 AM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Lt. Col. William L. Golden met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 11:30 am to 11:31 am.
- 211-019 1:00 PM · 13 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:25 pm.
- 143-008 1:25 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 1:53 pm.
- 211-021 1:25 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 1:53 pm.
- 143-009 1:53 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 1:53 pm to 2:22 pm.
- 211-022 1:53 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 1:53 pm to 2:22 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 211-020, September 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/211-020 (accessed September 18, 2026).