Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 385 › Conversation 385-023
Nixon, Eisenhower & Sanchez on White House maintenance and Household logistics
Monday, December 11, 1972 · 5:42 PM–7:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 min
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 maintenance
- Household logistics
- Christmas preparations
- Executive Office Building
- Family 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
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
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 385-23 (cont’d)
Carrying items
-Book
The President, Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Sanchez left at 7:10 pm.Also recorded on December 11, 1972
- 034-047 5:37 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:37 pm to 5:42 pm.
- 034-048 5:42 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 7:49 pm.
- 385-017 5:42 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm.
- 385-018 5:42 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm.
- 385-019 5:42 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon 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.
- 385-020 5:42 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm.
- 385-021 5:42 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm.
- 385-022 5:42 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 385-023, December 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/385-023 (accessed October 1, 2026).