{"conversationCode":"157-037","tapeNumber":157,"conversationNumber":37,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-157-037","startDateTime":"1972-12-09T23:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-10T00:46:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Dec-1972","startTime":"6:50 PM","endDate":"9-Dec-1972","endTime":"7:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On December 9, 1972, 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. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-037 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"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. 157-37\n\nDate: December 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n[See Conversation No. 235-18]\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 7:46 pm.","filename":["157-037.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"157-036","nextCode":"157-038","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":23.64,"text":"Chris, do you have a book?"},{"start":23.66,"end":24.44,"text":"No, I just want to put the... Oh, okay."},{"start":24.46,"end":25.12,"text":"Oh, put the, uh, candy over here."},{"start":25.14,"end":25.68,"text":"I want to cry a little bit."},{"start":25.7,"end":26.46,"text":"Hey, is your other brother from Paris?"},{"start":26.48,"end":26.74,"text":"No, I mean..."},{"start":26.76,"end":26.96,"text":"It's okay."},{"start":26.98,"end":27.18,"text":"It's okay."},{"start":27.2,"end":27.41,"text":"It's okay."},{"start":27.43,"end":27.62,"text":"It's okay."},{"start":33.51,"end":61.73,"text":"You got it okay?"},{"start":61.75,"end":61.93,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":61.95,"end":62.15,"text":"All right."},{"start":62.17,"end":62.37,"text":"It's okay."},{"start":62.39,"end":62.55,"text":"Come on."},{"start":62.57,"end":62.77,"text":"It's okay."},{"start":62.79,"end":62.99,"text":"It's okay."},{"start":63.01,"end":63.21,"text":"It's okay."},{"start":63.23,"end":63.43,"text":"It's okay."},{"start":64.21,"end":92.16,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":138.02,"end":153.83,"text":"I may not be there, but it's okay because I've got to make a couple of calls."},{"start":167.55,"end":192.88,"text":"That's good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, engage in a brief, personal interaction at Camp David during a period of apparent emotional distress. The President provides instructions regarding the placement of items in the study and offers words of comfort to Sanchez. No formal policy decisions are addressed, as the exchange focuses entirely on the President's support for his staff member.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Camp David","Presidential staff","personal affairs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:10:00.988Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","camp-david","presidential-staff","personal-affairs"],"audioDurationSec":198,"audioFiles":[{"file":"157-037.mp3","bytes":4745288,"durationSec":197.59,"bitrate":192129,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","transcriptGapSeconds":121,"transcriptGapShare":0.61,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/157-037.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-037","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/157/conversation-157-037","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}