Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 217 › Conversation 217-009

Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Camp David and Rose Mary Woods

Saturday, October 7, 1972 · 9:00 AM–10:16 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation217-009 on Tape 217StartSaturday, October 7, 1972 at 9:00 AMEndSaturday, October 7, 1972 at 10:16 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 217-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, at the Aspen Lodge during a weekend at Camp David. The brief exchange centered on the arrangement of flowers in the study and included instructions regarding Rose Mary Woods's schedule. No major policy developments occurred during this informal administrative check-in.

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There's a rose here in the middle.

NARA Description

On October 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:16 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 217-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 217-9

Date: October 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:00 am and 10:16 am
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President met Manolo Sanchez.

        Rose Mary Woods's schedule

        Instruction

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:16 am.

Also recorded on October 7, 1972

  • 147-005 9:00 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:16 am.
  • 217-010 9:00 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:16 am.
  • 217-011 9:00 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:16 am.
  • 217-012 9:00 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:16 am.
  • 217-013 9:00 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:16 am.
  • 147-006 10:16 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:16 am to 10:28 am.
  • 217-014 10:16 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:16 am to 10:28 am.
  • 217-015 10:28 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:28 am and 11:55 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 217-009, October 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/217-009 (accessed October 11, 2026).