Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 220 › Conversation 220-006
Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Personal staff and Camp David
Saturday, October 14, 1972 · 4:30 PM–7:40 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, at Camp David to attend to personal matters. During the brief interaction, the President requested a drink and inquired about Sanchez's health. This discussion reflects the informal, private nature of their professional relationship while the President was in residence at the retreat.
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NARA Description
On October 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 7:40 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 220-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 220-006
Date: October 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:30 pm and 7:40 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/23/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[220-006-w001]
[Duration: 2m 26s]
Request
-Scotch
Manolo Sanchez's health
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 7:40 pm.
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542Also recorded on October 14, 1972
- 149-002 3:46 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:46 pm to 3:49 pm.
- 149-003 3:49 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 220-003 3:49 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 149-004 3:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:50 pm to 3:53 pm.
- 220-004 3:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:50 pm to 3:53 pm.
- 220-005 4:05 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 4:05 pm to 4:30 pm.
- 149-005 5:06 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 7:40 pm.
- 220-007 5:06 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 7:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 220-006, October 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/220-006 (accessed October 10, 2026).