{"conversationCode":"035-070","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":70,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-070","startDateTime":"1973-01-03T03:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-03T03:01:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jan-1973","startTime":"10:01 PM","endDate":"2-Jan-1973","endTime":"10:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-070 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"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. 35-70\n\nDate: January 2, 1973\nTime: 10:01 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\f                                              -67-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                                 Conversation No. 35-70 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Manolo Sanchez","filename":["035-070.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"035-069","nextCode":"035-071","transcript":[{"start":3.22,"end":5.05,"text":"Operator, would you ring Manolo, please?"},{"start":5.09,"end":7.08,"text":"If he's not in the house, forget it."},{"start":7.1,"end":9.29,"text":"He may be out or something, but if he's in the house, I'll talk to him."},{"start":9.59,"end":12.62,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to his longtime valet and personal aide, Manolo Sanchez. The President provided specific instructions to reach Sanchez at his residence, stipulating that the attempt should be abandoned if he was not immediately available. This brief exchange highlights the President's informal reliance on White House staff for personal communication.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Personal communications","White House operations","Staff relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:47:05.043Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","personal-communications","white-house-operations","staff-relations"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-070.mp3","bytes":421875,"durationSec":17.44,"bitrate":193520,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.451Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-070.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-070","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-070","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}