Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 418 › Conversation 418-003
Nixon, Haldeman & Sanchez on Camp David and Document management
Friday, March 9, 1973 · 2:12 PM–2:15 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and H. R. Haldeman met briefly to discuss logistical arrangements regarding the President's schedule and travel. Nixon inquired about traffic conditions for travel to Camp David and requested specific historical copies of his daily schedules for the 7th, 8th, and 9th of March. The conversation concluded with instructions to provide these documents, including additional copies intended for his daughters, Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
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NARA Description
On March 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 418-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 418-3
Date: March 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:12 pm and 2:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
President’s schedule
-Meeting
Camp David
-Traffic
[End of segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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The President talked with H. R. {“Bob”) Haldeman at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and
2:15 pm.
[Conversation No. 418-3-A]
President's meeting with Haldeman
[End of telephone conversation]
Schedules
-Copies
-Dates
-Extra copies
-Tricia Nixon Cox, Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Sanchez left at an unknown time between 2:12 pm.Also recorded on March 9, 1973
- 874-026 2:03 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:03 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 874-029 2:10 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 3:10 pm.
- 037-068 2:12 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:15 pm.
- 418-004 2:12 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:15 pm.
- 418-005 2:15 PM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, William Downey, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Thomas J. Meskill met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:15 pm and 3:05 pm.
- 037-069 2:16 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 2:16 pm to 2:18 pm.
- 037-070 2:35 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:46 pm.
- 037-071 2:35 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and William Downey talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:46 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 418-003, March 9, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/418-003 (accessed October 5, 2026).