{"conversationCode":"235-018","tapeNumber":235,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-235-018","startDateTime":"1972-12-09T23:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-10T00:46:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Dec-1972","startTime":"6:50 PM","endDate":"9-Dec-1972","endTime":"7:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","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.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 235-18\n\nDate: December 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n[See Conversation No. 157-37]\n\n*****************************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       Furniture location\n\n       [Pause]\n\f                                               -11-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                        Conversation No. 235-18 (cont’d)\n\n       Fire\n\n       Movie time\n            -Julie Nixon Eisenhower\n            -Telephone calls to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n***************************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 7:46 pm.","filename":["235-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"235-017","nextCode":"235-019","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":4.44,"text":"Is that okay?"},{"start":4.46,"end":5.92,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5.94,"end":14.54,"text":"All right."},{"start":14.56,"end":14.86,"text":"It's okay."},{"start":14.88,"end":20.18,"text":"To lift the wheels back, push it without the wheels, as you see."},{"start":31.5,"end":33.88,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":93.03,"end":93.77,"text":"Did you find him?"},{"start":93.79,"end":95.47,"text":"No, he was, yeah, life apart."},{"start":95.93,"end":98.26,"text":"Tell, uh, Julie to start the movie at 7.30."},{"start":98.34,"end":110.26,"text":"I may not be there, but it's okay, because I've got to make a couple of calls."},{"start":110.28,"end":113.08,"text":"That's right, I can sleep just like that."},{"start":138.37,"end":147.1,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Camp David","Manolo Sanchez","Personal logistics","H.R. Haldeman","Julie Nixon Eisenhower","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:15:10.145Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","manolo-sanchez","personal-logistics","h-r-haldeman","julie-nixon-eisenhower","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":152,"audioFiles":[{"file":"235-018.mp3","bytes":3648142,"durationSec":151.85,"bitrate":192192,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:08.721Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/235-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/235-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/235/conversation-235-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}