{"conversationCode":"157-038","tapeNumber":157,"conversationNumber":38,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-157-038","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 157-038 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. 157-38\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\f                                            -52-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 157-38 (cont’d)\n\n[See Conversation No. 235-19]\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 7:46 pm.","filename":["157-038.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"157-037","nextCode":"157-039","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":25.59,"text":"Do you want me to go ahead with the police?"},{"start":25.61,"end":25.67,"text":"No."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, discuss an unspecified matter involving the police. Nixon explicitly instructs Sanchez not to proceed with contacting law enforcement. The exchange serves as a brief directive regarding the handling of a sensitive or logistical issue.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Police","Directives","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:10:06.163Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","police","directives","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":43,"audioFiles":[{"file":"157-038.mp3","bytes":1043215,"durationSec":43.32,"bitrate":192652,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:56.939Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/157-038.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-038","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/157/conversation-157-038","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}