{"conversationCode":"196-031","tapeNumber":196,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-196-031","startDateTime":"1972-07-23T19:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-23T20:03:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jul-1972","startTime":"3:27 PM","endDate":"23-Jul-1972","endTime":"4:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On July 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:27 pm and 4:03 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 196-031 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 196-31\n\nDate: July 23, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:27 pm and 4:03 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Dinner\n          -Return to White House\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 7s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at unknown time before 4:03 pm.","filename":["196-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"196-030","nextCode":"196-032","transcript":[{"start":0.74,"end":27.02,"text":"Oh, Manolo."},{"start":27.04,"end":27.22,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":27.24,"end":27.42,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":31.18,"end":40.84,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, at the Aspen Lodge at Camp David to discuss logistical arrangements for the remainder of the day. The conversation focused on scheduling the President's evening dinner and coordinating his return travel to the White House. No policy matters were addressed during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House staff","Camp David","Logistics","Manolo Sanchez"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:03:55.929Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-staff","camp-david","logistics","manolo-sanchez"],"audioDurationSec":51,"audioFiles":[{"file":"196-031.mp3","bytes":1213752,"durationSec":50.52,"bitrate":192201,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.863Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:02.332Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/196-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/196-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/196/conversation-196-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}