{"conversationCode":"217-017","tapeNumber":217,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-217-017","startDateTime":"1972-10-07T14:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-07T15:55:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Oct-1972","startTime":"10:28 AM","endDate":"7-Oct-1972","endTime":"11:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On October 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:28 am and 11:55 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 217-017 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. 217-17\n\nDate: October 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:28 am and 11:55 am\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n        Request for photography during the President's radio speech on Federal spending,\n        October 7, 1972\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 1m 26s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 11:55 am.","filename":["217-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"217-016","nextCode":"217-018","transcript":[{"start":0.94,"end":4.13,"text":"You don't want to take pictures."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, met at Camp David to discuss logistical arrangements for an upcoming radio address regarding federal spending. The conversation specifically addressed a request to facilitate photography during the President’s broadcast. The exchange served to coordinate the visual documentation of Nixon's public policy messaging.","topics":["Camp David","Manolo Sanchez","Federal spending","Radio address","White House photography"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:39:41.398Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","manolo-sanchez","federal-spending","radio-address","white-house-photography"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"217-017.mp3","bytes":495280,"durationSec":20.56,"bitrate":192715,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.865Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:05.728Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/217-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/217-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/217/conversation-217-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}