{"conversationCode":"317-002","tapeNumber":317,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-317-002","startDateTime":"1972-01-24T18:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-24T18:51:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Jan-1972","startTime":"1:05 PM","endDate":"24-Jan-1972","endTime":"1:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On January 24, 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 1:05 pm and 1:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 317-002 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. 317-002\n\nDate: January 24, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 1:51 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     Papers from William L. Safire\n          -Stephen B. Bull\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 1:51 pm.","filename":["317-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:59","tapeEnd":"00:06:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"317-001","nextCode":"317-003","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":11.84,"text":"No, uh, do they have, uh, something from Sapphire from here?"},{"start":11.86,"end":12.16,"text":"They will, sir."},{"start":12.18,"end":12.96,"text":"Sapphire defense team, they will."},{"start":12.98,"end":16.71,"text":"No, but I mean, uh, I want the papers."},{"start":16.73,"end":23.52,"text":"Just check over at, uh, State Boats office over there."},{"start":23.54,"end":24.37,"text":"I want to read the paper before I see it."},{"start":24.39,"end":24.49,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, to facilitate the retrieval of documents drafted by speechwriter William Safire. Nixon expressed a clear preference to review these specific materials personally before they were officially presented to him. Consequently, staff were directed to locate and secure these papers from the office of the State Boats.","topics":["William Safire","White House administration","presidential documentation","Manolo Sanchez","internal communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:44:21.742Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-safire","white-house-administration","presidential-documentation","manolo-sanchez","internal-communications"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"317-002.mp3","bytes":983056,"durationSec":24.44,"bitrate":321729,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.567Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/317-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/317-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/317/conversation-317-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}