{"conversationCode":"276-017","tapeNumber":276,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-276-017","startDateTime":"1971-09-13T23:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-14T00:50:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Sep-1971","startTime":"7:58 PM","endDate":"13-Sep-1971","endTime":"8:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On September 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:58 pm and 8:50 pm. 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No. 276-18/278-33 (cont.)\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/03/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[276-017-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 17s]\n\n     King Timahoe\n          -Instructions on door position\n          -Rash\n                -Location\n                -Medicine\n                      -Dosage\n          -Position of door\n\n     Television set\n          -Paul W. Keyes\n                -“Laugh In”\n                     -Time\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nManolo Sanchez wheels television into Executive Office Building.\n\n     Television\n          -Position\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 8:50 pm.\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 276-18/278-33\n\nDate: September 13, 1971\nTime: 8:50 pm - 10:15 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\fThe President met with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/03/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]                             Conv. No. 276-18/278-33 (cont.)\n[Personal Returnable]\n[276-018-w002]\n[Duration: 20s]\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Paul W. Keyes\n                -The President's television viewing\n                      -First show of the Fall season\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n     Vietnam negotiations\n          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.'s previous conversation with the President\n          -Hanoi\n                 -Agreement\n                 -Statement\n                       -Publicity\n                       -Xuan Thuy\n          -George S. McGovern's statement\n                 -Ceasefire\n                       -United States\n                       -Vietnamese\n                       -Laos\n                       -Cambodia\n                       -South Vietnam\n                 -Bombing targets\n                       -Supply lines\n                 -Date of ceasefire\n          -McGovern\n          -US troop withdrawal\n          -Domestic discord\n          -Timetable\n          -US troop withdrawal\n          -Nguyen Van Thieu\n          -Unilateral approach\n          -Options\n          -Ceasefire\n                 -Troop withdrawal\n          -Cambodia\n          -Infiltration\n          -Negotiations\n                 -Effect\n          -Vietnamization\n\f           -Government of National Concord\n                 -Elections\n           -Saigon\n           -Hanoi\n           -North Vietnam\n           -People’s Republic of China [PRC]\n           -Soviet Union                                       Conv. No. 276-18/278-33 (cont.)\n           -North Vietnam\n                 -Proposal\n           -PRC\n           -Paris\n           -Hanoi\n           -Memorandum\n           -Strategy\n                 -Unilateral withdrawal\n           -Jack N. Anderson\n           -Timing\n                 -Announcement on troop withdrawal\n                       -Television\n\n     PRC\n           -Announcement of President’s visit\n               -Timing\n\n     Kissinger's Schedule\n          -Trip to the PRC\n          -Trip to the Soviet Union\n          -Announcement\n          -Dates\n          -Andrei a. Gromyko's Visit to the US\n                -Meeting with the President\n          -Soviets\n                -Announcements\n          -PRC\n          -Gromyko\n\nThe recording of this conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 10:15 pm.","filename":["276-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:08:53","tapeEnd":"02:44:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"276-016","nextCode":"276-018","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":1.41,"text":"Do you need the door open?"},{"start":1.49,"end":4.39,"text":"I need the door open so he can run back and forth."},{"start":4.41,"end":10.98,"text":"I'm going to spend a little time because I have a rash in here again."},{"start":11.34,"end":11.54,"text":"Rash?"},{"start":11.56,"end":12.3,"text":"You see?"},{"start":12.34,"end":13.46,"text":"I have a rash."},{"start":13.8,"end":14.74,"text":"I have a rash in here."},{"start":14.76,"end":15.68,"text":"He put for himself."},{"start":16.36,"end":17.73,"text":"Let the air go out again."},{"start":19.19,"end":23.25,"text":"So I'm going to be in touch with Colonel Coffin."},{"start":23.69,"end":27.25,"text":"The guy, when they have the medicines, I start giving twice a day the medicines."},{"start":30.44,"end":35.58,"text":"Stay here."},{"start":35.66,"end":37.42,"text":"I believe it's over."},{"start":37.76,"end":41.97,"text":"Run back and forth."},{"start":44.51,"end":44.85,"text":"King."},{"start":46.55,"end":47.07,"text":"King, boy."},{"start":48.11,"end":49.23,"text":"King, boy."},{"start":49.73,"end":55.42,"text":"Come on, King."},{"start":56.38,"end":56.96,"text":"King, come here."},{"start":58.47,"end":64.56,"text":"Come on, keep going."},{"start":69.98,"end":71.26,"text":"Bring the TV here."},{"start":71.28,"end":76.17,"text":"Mr. Keyes' program, Latin, is on at 8 o'clock."},{"start":96.29,"end":97.99,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":98.03,"end":100.63,"text":"The suspicious character."},{"start":100.65,"end":102.8,"text":"Why, was he trying to rob a bank?"},{"start":102.81,"end":106.42,"text":"No, he tried to make a deposit."},{"start":106.48,"end":107.12,"text":"This, please."},{"start":121.08,"end":121.75,"text":"Hold it there."},{"start":121.97,"end":124.07,"text":"This is where I start my mystery person contest."},{"start":124.09,"end":125.98,"text":"I don't know what you're talking about."},{"start":126.08,"end":126.54,"text":"Of course not."},{"start":126.58,"end":127,"text":"That's the idea."},{"start":127.03,"end":128.11,"text":"And here's the mystery person."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to attend to personal matters, including treatment for a skin rash and the care of the President's dog, King. The two men also discussed television programming, specifically a mystery person contest featured on a program hosted by Mr. Keyes. 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