{"conversationCode":"248-003","tapeNumber":248,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-248-003","startDateTime":"1971-04-14T19:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-14T20:05:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Apr-1971","startTime":"2:13 PM","endDate":"14-Apr-1971","endTime":"3:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Goode, Mark I.; Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On April 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Mark I. Goode, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 3:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 248-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 248-3\n\nDate: April 14, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:13 pm and 3:05 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Mark I. Goode\n\n     Reception for diplomatic corps\n\n[The President conferred with Manolo Sanchez at an unknown time]\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/27/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[248-003-w001]\n[Duration: 3s]\n\n     Request\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n     Reception for diplomatic corps\n          -Staff\n          -William P. Rogers\n          -Congressmen and Senators\n          -Herbert G. Klein\n          -Patrick J. Buchanan and Shelley A. Scarney\n          -Leonard Garment","filename":["248-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:25","tapeEnd":"00:04:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Goode, Mark I.","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"248-002","nextCode":"248-004","transcript":[{"start":1.61,"end":9.08,"text":"I think that the better thing to do is to..."},{"start":25.38,"end":27.56,"text":"I think it would be no issue."},{"start":27.6,"end":31.93,"text":"I think it would be no issue."},{"start":32.02,"end":34.57,"text":"I think it would be no issue."},{"start":34.65,"end":37.91,"text":"I think it would be no issue."},{"start":55.88,"end":61.46,"text":"I think you've got to make a very hard rule."},{"start":61.56,"end":66.36,"text":"I said, I don't think we should get even to the"},{"start":86.07,"end":91.01,"text":"I had decided that you should have just"},{"start":115.04,"end":119.18,"text":"What did I do wrong?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Mark I. Goode to discuss the logistical planning and personnel requirements for an upcoming reception for the diplomatic corps. The conversation centered on establishing strict protocols and managing the guest list, which included considerations for staff, William P. Rogers, various members of Congress, and White House communications aides. No definitive policy decisions were recorded, though Nixon emphasized the necessity of implementing a hard rule regarding event management.","topics":["Diplomatic reception","Event planning","White House protocol","Guest list management","Personnel coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:36:20.063Z"},"topicSlugs":["diplomatic-reception","event-planning","white-house-protocol","guest-list-management","personnel-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":119,"audioFiles":[{"file":"248-003.mp3","bytes":4777981,"durationSec":119.32,"bitrate":320344,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/248-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/248-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/248/conversation-248-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}