{"conversationCode":"205-001","tapeNumber":205,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-205-001","startDateTime":"1972-08-19T13:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-19T13:40:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Aug-1972","startTime":"9:05 AM","endDate":"19-Aug-1972","endTime":"9:40 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On August 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 9:40 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 205-001 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. 205-1\n\nDate: August 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:05 am and 9:40 am\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     Nomination acceptance speech\n        -Delivery of page to Alexander P. Butterfield\n              -Camp commander [John L. Dettbarn]\n\n     Request for H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's presence\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 9:40 am.","filename":["205-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"204-014","nextCode":"205-002","transcript":[{"start":6.04,"end":12.19,"text":"No, the commander of the camp is able to take care of us."},{"start":15.43,"end":23.61,"text":"It will take a couple of days."},{"start":23.63,"end":28.82,"text":"All right, let him do it."},{"start":28.98,"end":30.36,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, at Camp David to discuss logistical arrangements for his upcoming nomination acceptance speech. They coordinated the delivery of specific speech documents to Alexander P. Butterfield and addressed the need to involve the camp commander, John L. Dettbarn, in the process. Additionally, Nixon requested that H. R. Haldeman join them to assist with these preparations.","topics":["Nomination acceptance speech","Logistics","Alexander P. Butterfield","H. R. Haldeman","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:19:58.297Z"},"topicSlugs":["nomination-acceptance-speech","logistics","alexander-p-butterfield","h-r-haldeman","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":40,"audioFiles":[{"file":"205-001.mp3","bytes":966738,"durationSec":40.21,"bitrate":192321,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.864Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/205-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/205-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/205/conversation-205-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}