Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 235 › Conversation 235-018
Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Camp David and Personal logistics
Saturday, December 9, 1972 · 6:50 PM–7:46 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 3 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, at Camp David to discuss logistical arrangements for the evening. The discussion focused on furniture placement within the lodge and coordinating a movie screening for Julie Nixon Eisenhower. Nixon also indicated he would be occupied with telephone calls to H.R. Haldeman before potentially joining the movie.
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NARA Description
On December 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 235-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 235-18
Date: December 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
[See Conversation No. 157-37]
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Furniture location
[Pause]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 235-18 (cont’d)
Fire
Movie time
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Telephone calls to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 7:46 pm.Also recorded on December 9, 1972
- 157-036 6:50 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm.
- 157-037 6:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm.
- 157-038 6:50 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm.
- 157-039 6:50 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm.
- 157-040 6:50 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm.
- 157-041 6:50 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm.
- 235-017 6:50 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm.
- 235-019 6:50 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 235-018, December 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/235-018 (accessed October 10, 2026).