Conversation 385-023

TapeTape 385StartMonday, December 11, 1972 at 5:42 PMEndMonday, December 11, 1972 at 7:10 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; Eisenhower, Julie NixonRecording deviceOld Executive Office Building

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Manolo Sanchez and Julie Nixon Eisenhower to discuss domestic logistics and minor household improvements within the Executive Office Building and the White House. The conversation focused on the installation of storage and appliances, including a new refrigerator, alongside coordination for upcoming Christmas preparations and entertainment plans. The participants also touched upon scheduling and various administrative directives for White House staff regarding personal items and facilities.

White House maintenanceHousehold logisticsChristmas preparationsExecutive Office BuildingFamily affairs

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NARA Description

On December 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 385-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 385-23

Date: December 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                        (rev. July-08)

                                                            Conversation No. 385-23 (cont’d)

Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

       White House
             -Refrigerator in bedroom
                    -Kitchen
                            -Blacks
                    -Installation
                            -Closet
                                    -Shelves

Julie Nixon Eisenhower entered at an unknown time before 7:10 pm.

       Dinner
                -Timing

Sanchez left at an unknown time after 7:10 pm.

       White House
             -Refrigerator in bedroom
                    -Snacks
                            -Cheese
                    -Installation
                            -Closet
                                    -Tie rack
                                    -Storage
                            -Instructions fro Rex W. Scouten
                                    -Timing
                                    -Christmas
                                            -Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox
                                                    -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
                            -Timing
                                    -Carpenters
                                    -Mrs. Nixon
                            -Ice
                            -Timing
                                    -Scouten
                    -Christmas
                    -Plan
                                             -37-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                       (rev. July-08)

                                                             Conversation No. 385-23 (cont’d)

                             -Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:42 pm.

       White House
             -Refrigerator in bedroom
                    -Snacks
                            -Cheese
                    -The President’s schedule
                    -Refreshments
                            -Milk, juice, wine, scotch and soda
                    -Kitchen
                    -Installation
                            -Hall

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 7:10 pm.

       White House
             -Refrigerator in bedroom
                    -Mrs. Nixon’s view
                            -Tricia Nixon Cox
                            -Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s conversation with Scouten
             -Movie projector
                    -Theater
                            -Third floor
                                    -Screen
                                    -Camp David
                                    -Crusade in Europe, cartoons
                                           -[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II’s viewing

       Instruction for Sanchez
               -Carrying items

Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:42 pm.

       Sanchez’s health

       The President’s schedule
              -Meeting with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                     -Accomplishments
                                             -38-

                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                        (rev. July-08)

                                                             Conversation No. 385-23 (cont’d)

       Carrying items
              -Book

The President, Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Sanchez left at 7:10 pm.

Transcript (AI-Generated)

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This is for you.

The cloth is bigger now.

When you walk in the cloth, they put the shells all the way.

It's twice bigger than before.

It looks great on me.

Thank you so much.

Oh, that's great.

Let's do it.

I'll get some rest to do tomorrow, okay?

I'll get some rest to do tomorrow.

I want to do it tomorrow.

I'm sorry.

I agree.

Okay.

Right.

That would be a great one.

Oh, it's great.

Oh, it's so easy to do that.

They can do it any day.

They can get their classes up there.

Yeah.

That's nice.

I don't think they can do it over.

Wow.

Oh, not exactly.

What's the price?

You'll probably want to put it in your shopping cart.

I'm going to see you tomorrow morning.

It's time to do it on Sunday at the A&E.

That's not good?

A&E at the time.

Heidi looks like a great fan.

Nothing happened to her.

Oh, I can get some work.

So do you, David.

Oh, I mean, isn't this a great idea?

Right, right.

Yeah.

Great idea.

Thank you.

Great.

I understand.

I'm telling this from the bottom of my heart.

You just said you wouldn't really decide it.

If you asked her, she would say no.

Won't you?

What do you mean?

She won't.

That's not.

Do I know?

I know.

You just said you just thought of it.

You knew that I walked out there so often.

You just wanted to.

You just thought of it.

You just wanted to put it in.

You put the damn thing in.

That'll make it.

It'll make it.

I'll call a restaurant and tell them.

No, Bill.

You've got to write a check and see if the heaven for the show, the third bar, the parking lot, or the sixth, hasn't screened out.

I knew it would happen.

You know, Bill, I got the only good idea, and I figured it out.

Because the movie is another level of a good movie.

And it's very good.

It's very good.

You've got to crank it down, pass the bar, and hold it, and squeeze it.

I feel the same way.

I know, me too.

I always feel funny.

But it can't be.

It can never be.

It's right in our house.

Exactly.

Here.

We just love you very much.

We love you.

How do you like that?

Great, I do.

David said that's where he needs to go.

The kids always used to walk to stay near him.

The cars didn't see him.

So that's great.

Well, I think you love her.

Here we go.

Good.

Okay.

I'll take it.

Yeah.

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