Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 235 › Conversation 235-019
Nixon phone call with Sanchez on Personal logistics and Camp David
Saturday, December 9, 1972 · 6:50 PM–7:46 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 31 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, at Camp David to discuss personal logistics and evening arrangements. The conversation focused on the President's eyeglasses and the scheduling of a movie. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this informal encounter.
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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 235-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 235-19
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. 157-38]
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Glasses
Movie time
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Sanchez left at unknown time before 7:46 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso recorded on December 9, 1972
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- 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.
- 235-018 6:50 PM · 3 min — 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 235-019, 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/235-019 (accessed October 10, 2026).