{"conversationCode":"229-006","tapeNumber":229,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-229-006","startDateTime":"1972-11-20T23:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-21T02:00:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Nov-1972","startTime":"6:00 PM","endDate":"20-Nov-1972","endTime":"9:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On November 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm. 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Connally\n            -Conservatives\n\n       Social services\n             -Quality\n             -Debate\n\n       Second term reorganization\n            -Unknown person\n                  -Resignation\n                  -Retention\n            -George P. Shultz\n\f                                             -4-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 229-6 (cont’d)\n\n            -Congress\n\n       State Department\n             -Ambassador\n                  -Compliments\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Trip to New York\n                  -Julie Nixon Eisenhower\n                         -Arrangements\n\nManolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 6:50 pm.\n\n       Football game\n            -Television [TV]\n                  -Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward R. F. Cox\n                  -Timing\n                  -Refreshments\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 9:00 pm.\n\n       1972 election\n            -Ronald L. Ziegler\n\n       Vietnam negotiations\n            -Henry A. Kissinger’s report from Paris\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n******************************************************************************","filename":["229-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"229-005","nextCode":"229-007","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":29.58,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":30.64,"end":54.81,"text":"Also very satisfied."},{"start":56.68,"end":80.58,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":81.3,"end":95.85,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":114.31,"end":127.84,"text":"um"},{"start":138.14,"end":158.2,"text":"First of all, I worked out the ability of going to the art class."},{"start":158.22,"end":159.34,"text":"I was delighted with the idea of going to the art class."},{"start":159.36,"end":160.34,"text":"And after I received it, I went to the art class."},{"start":160.36,"end":160.88,"text":"Right now, it's coming up."},{"start":160.9,"end":161.59,"text":"I said, let's go to the art class."},{"start":161.6,"end":162.77,"text":"I thought it would be a great idea to go to the art class."},{"start":162.79,"end":163.19,"text":"It was a great idea."},{"start":163.21,"end":163.79,"text":"I wish the children would go."},{"start":163.81,"end":164.23,"text":"It didn't sound good."},{"start":165.17,"end":171.87,"text":"We're going to watch TV tonight."},{"start":171.89,"end":174.79,"text":"We've got to have a game."},{"start":174.81,"end":175.98,"text":"We're going to be doing by Mr. and Mrs."},{"start":176.24,"end":176.36,"text":"Gross."},{"start":176.38,"end":178.6,"text":"They're going to come over here and watch."},{"start":178.62,"end":179.24,"text":"They're going to watch us talk."},{"start":179.26,"end":179.91,"text":"We're going to have a good time."},{"start":196.59,"end":224.78,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":225.43,"end":232.96,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":255.42,"end":274.15,"text":"and report it to the parish for this note."},{"start":274.17,"end":274.95,"text":"The difference in approach is expected."},{"start":274.97,"end":275.87,"text":"The man who decided it might be over 100,000."},{"start":275.89,"end":276.39,"text":"This is not a correction."},{"start":276.42,"end":277.1,"text":"This is a question for the police."},{"start":277.12,"end":277.38,"text":"No time, sir."},{"start":277.4,"end":278.16,"text":"This is not a question for the police."},{"start":278.18,"end":279.5,"text":"The rest of the day, we have a tale to tell you that you're right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, at Camp David to discuss personal arrangements and evening activities. The conversation touched upon the President’s domestic schedule, including plans for television viewing and hosting guests. While administrative matters were briefly addressed, the dialogue primarily focused on informal logistical planning for the President's personal time.","topics":["Camp David","Personal schedule","White House staff","Social arrangements"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:02:38.693Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","personal-schedule","white-house-staff","social-arrangements"],"audioDurationSec":285,"audioFiles":[{"file":"229-006.mp3","bytes":6850180,"durationSec":285.29,"bitrate":192088,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:07.670Z","transcriptGapSeconds":144,"transcriptGapShare":0.51,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/229-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/229-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/229/conversation-229-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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