{"conversationCode":"157-040","tapeNumber":157,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-157-040","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 157-040 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. 157-40\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\f                                             -53-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                        Conversation No. 157-40 (cont’d)\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n[See Conversation No. 235-21]\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 7:46 pm.","filename":["157-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"157-039","nextCode":"157-041","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.98,"text":"Il signor Abate, il mister Kennedy, il coroner Kennedy."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, engage in a brief, informal exchange at Camp David. The conversation consists of a short, cryptic discussion involving references to figures such as 'Mister Kennedy' and the 'coroner Kennedy.' No substantive policy decisions or administrative actions are recorded in this fragment.","topics":["Camp David","Manolo Sanchez","Personal staff","Informal communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:10:17.018Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","manolo-sanchez","personal-staff","informal-communication"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"157-040.mp3","bytes":507182,"durationSec":21,"bitrate":193212,"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/157-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/157/conversation-157-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}