Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 232 › Conversation 232-001
Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Camp David and Personal staff
Tuesday, November 28, 1972 · 6:50 PM–8:40 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 16 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, at the Aspen Lodge to coordinate logistics regarding the President’s upcoming schedule. The discussion focused specifically on the timing and entry arrangements for an unidentified visitor arriving through a side door. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
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NARA Description
President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:50 pm on November 28, 1972 and 8:40 am on November 29, 1972. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 232-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 232-1
Date: November 28 or 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:50 pm, November 28, 1972 and 8:40 am, November 29, 1972
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
The President’s schedule
-Request for an unknown person
-Entrance
-Side door
-Timing
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:40 am, November 29, 1972.Also recorded on November 28, 1972
- 156-011 12:14 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 1:50 pm.
- 156-023 12:14 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:14 pm on November 28, 1972 and 10:10 am on November 29, 1972.
- 183-006 12:14 PM · 17 sec — Camp David operator and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 1:50 pm.
- 183-007 4:26 PM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Camp David operator, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:26 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 231-017 4:26 PM · 59 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Camp David operator, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:26 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 232-002 6:50 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:50 pm on November 28, 1972 and 8:40 am on November 29, 1972.
- 232-003 6:50 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:50 pm on November 28, 1972 and 8:40 am on November 29, 1972.
- 232-015 6:50 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:50 pm on November 28, 1972 and 8:40 am on November 29, 1972.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 232-001, November 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/232-001 (accessed October 10, 2026).