{"conversationCode":"203-018","tapeNumber":203,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-203-018","startDateTime":"1972-08-17T15:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-17T17:15:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Aug-1972","startTime":"11:29 AM","endDate":"17-Aug-1972","endTime":"1:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:29 am and 1:15 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 203-018 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. 203-18\n\nDate: August 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:29 am and 1:15 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     Request for H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman to join to him\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 1:15 pm.","filename":["203-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"203-017","nextCode":"203-019","transcript":[{"start":2.93,"end":11.29,"text":"Yes sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, at Camp David to discuss administrative logistics. During this brief encounter, the President requested that H.R. Haldeman be summoned to join him for further discussion. Sanchez exited the meeting shortly thereafter to facilitate the request.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","H.R. Haldeman","Camp David","Presidential staff","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:17:30.898Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","h-r-haldeman","camp-david","presidential-staff","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"203-018.mp3","bytes":339172,"durationSec":14.08,"bitrate":192711,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.863Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/203-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/203-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/203/conversation-203-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}