Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 226 › Conversation 226-029
Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Public Relations and Charles Colson
Saturday, November 18, 1972 · 7:45 AM–9:39 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 42 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unknown individual to discuss the strategic distribution of a political column. Nixon directed that the material be sent to Charles Colson for dissemination among key opinion leaders and specifically requested that it be shared with McKinnon. This action reflects the administration's ongoing efforts to influence public discourse through targeted media outreach.
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NARA Description
On November 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 9:39 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 226-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 226-29
Date: November 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:45 am and 9:39 am
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with an unknown person.
Column
-Distribution
-22-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation no. 226-29 (cont’d)
-Charles W. Colson
-Opinion leaders
-Patrick J. Buchanan
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
The President met with Manolo Sanchez at an unknown time after 8:30 am.
Instruction
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:39 am.
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
*****************************************************************Also recorded on November 18, 1972
- 153-057 7:45 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 9:39 am.
- 226-024 7:45 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 9:39 am.
- 226-025 7:45 AM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 9:39 am.
- 226-026 7:45 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 9:39 am.
- 226-027 7:45 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 9:39 am.
- 226-028 7:45 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 9:39 am.
- 226-030 7:45 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 9:39 am.
- 153-058 9:39 AM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:39 am to 9:57 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 226-029, November 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/226-029 (accessed October 9, 2026).