{"conversationCode":"312-022","tapeNumber":312,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-312-022","startDateTime":"1972-01-11T19:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-11T20:32:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jan-1972","startTime":"2:39 PM","endDate":"11-Jan-1972","endTime":"3:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On January 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 312-022 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 312-22\n\nDate: January 11, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 3:43 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal Returnable]\n[Duration: 18s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 3:43 pm.","filename":["312a.mp3","312b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:36:39","tapeEnd":"03:38:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"312-021","nextCode":"312-023","tapeTranscriptFile":"312a.mp3,312b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":12989.62,"end":12995.5,"text":"A good part of what he said is not valid, but it's all stimulated, and it's just worth a review of that kind of thing."},{"start":12997.04,"end":12999.08,"text":"I think there's one thing that we've had to really control."},{"start":12999.1,"end":13002.61,"text":"I don't just think it's a program that we've got to end on."},{"start":13003.01,"end":13006.99,"text":"I just think we've got to be programmed with that."},{"start":13007.01,"end":13011.25,"text":"I mean, every time we've got a program, we've programmed it."},{"start":13011.27,"end":13014.33,"text":"We've programmed it up."},{"start":13014.38,"end":13015.3,"text":"And I mean, people are..."},{"start":13016.46,"end":13020.18,"text":"I'm down to the other mountain, excuse me."},{"start":13020.2,"end":13021.96,"text":"But there's some others you're seeing."},{"start":13022.06,"end":13025.34,"text":"I know there's this part of the mountain where you're walking through."},{"start":13025.46,"end":13028.18,"text":"I'm down to the mountain, excuse me."},{"start":13028.24,"end":13033.33,"text":"That's phenomenal."},{"start":13036.42,"end":13039.66,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":13074.22,"end":13080.29,"text":"I really think I can handle Romney."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":12989.625,"end":13083.75,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, for a brief discussion regarding political management and public messaging. The conversation centers on the need to strategically control the administration's programming and handle political adversaries, specifically mentioning George Romney. Nixon expresses confidence in his ability to manage Romney while reviewing the validity of ongoing political criticisms.","topics":["George Romney","Political strategy","Public messaging","Administration management","Manolo Sanchez"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:34:47.773Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-romney","political-strategy","public-messaging","administration-management","manolo-sanchez"],"audioDurationSec":139,"audioFiles":[{"file":"312a.mp3","bytes":124249096,"durationSec":7330.35,"bitrate":135599,"missing":false},{"file":"312b.mp3","bytes":113090288,"durationSec":7084.94,"bitrate":127696,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/312a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/312b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/312-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/312/conversation-312-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}