{"conversationCode":"273-039","tapeNumber":273,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-273-039","startDateTime":"1971-08-15T21:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-15T23:14:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Aug-1971","startTime":"5:43 PM","endDate":"15-Aug-1971","endTime":"7:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On August 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:43 pm and 7:14 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 273-039 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 273-39\n\nDate: August 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:43 pm and 7:14 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n     President's forthcoming speech\n          -Changes\n          -Typing\n\nManolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:43 pm.\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal Returnable]\n[Duration: 5s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 7:14 p.m.","filename":["273-039-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:02:35","tapeEnd":"04:03:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"273-038","nextCode":"273-040","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, and personal aide Manolo Sanchez to focus on the final preparation of an upcoming presidential address. The discussion centered on reviewing and finalizing revisions for the speech text. Woods was tasked with managing the necessary typing and administrative updates to ensure the document was ready for delivery.","topics":["Presidential speech","Speechwriting","Rose Mary Woods","Administrative tasks","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:41:12.816Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-speech","speechwriting","rose-mary-woods","administrative-tasks","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"273-039-splice.mp3","bytes":608175,"durationSec":37.98,"bitrate":128097,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:29.816Z","originalFilename":["273a.mp3","273b.mp3","273c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["273b.mp3"],"cutStart":14613.5,"cutEnd":14651.5,"adjustedStart":14613.5,"adjustedEnd":14651.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:29.816Z"},"transcript":[{"start":14646.76,"end":14648.47,"text":"I don't know."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":14615,"end":14650,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","transcriptPrev":{"segments":1,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:13:57.534Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/273-039-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/273-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/273/conversation-273-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}