Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 217 › Conversation 217-019

Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Federal spending and Radio address

Saturday, October 7, 1972 · 10:28 AM–11:55 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation217-019 on Tape 217StartSaturday, October 7, 1972 at 10:28 AMEndSaturday, October 7, 1972 at 11:55 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 217-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, at Camp David to review a draft of a radio address regarding federal spending. The brief interaction focused on the President's preparation for his upcoming speech. No major policy decisions were reached during this informal session.

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You gotta turn it on.
I think we should shut up.
It's only beer.
Even though there's coke.

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 10:28 am and 11:55 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 217-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 217-19

Date: October 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:28 am and 11:55 am
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

        Draft of radio speech on Federal spending, October 7, 1972
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        Ink pen

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:55 am.

Also recorded on October 7, 1972

  • 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.
  • 217-016 10:28 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:28 am and 11:55 am.
  • 217-017 10:28 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:28 am and 11:55 am.
  • 217-018 10:28 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:28 am and 11:55 am.
  • 217-020 10:28 AM · 4 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.
  • 217-021 10:28 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) 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 217-019, 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/217-019 (accessed October 11, 2026).