{"conversationCode":"217-001","tapeNumber":217,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-217-001","startDateTime":"1972-10-06T20:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-07T00:32:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:34 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 8:32 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 217-001 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. 217-1\n\nDate: October 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:34 pm and 8:32 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nManolo Sanchez met with the President.\n\n        Offer\n            -Refusal\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 8:32 pm.","filename":["217-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"216-001","nextCode":"217-002","transcript":[{"start":1.21,"end":2.46,"text":"Oh, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, met at the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David. The brief exchange centered on an offer made by Sanchez to the President, which Nixon declined. This conversation represents a routine, personal interaction between the President and his long-time aide during a working retreat.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Personal staff","Camp David","White House valets"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:38:13.919Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","personal-staff","camp-david","white-house-valets"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"217-001.mp3","bytes":252028,"durationSec":10.43,"bitrate":193371,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.204Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/217-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/217-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/217/conversation-217-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}