{"conversationCode":"322-008","tapeNumber":322,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-322-008","startDateTime":"1972-02-29T19:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-29T19:56:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Feb-1972","startTime":"2:53 PM","endDate":"29-Feb-1972","endTime":"2:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; Higby, Lawrence M.;","description":"On February 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Lawrence M. Higby met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:53 pm and 2:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-008 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. 322-8\n\nDate: February 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:53 pm and 2:56 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Recent trip to the People’s Republic of China [ PRC]\n\n[The President talked with Lawrence M. Higby [?] at an unknown time between 2:53 pm and\n2:56 pm]\n\n     Request for a return call [from H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman?]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 2:56 pm.","filename":["322-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:06:35","tapeEnd":"00:07:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo","Higby, Lawrence M."],"prevCode":"322-007","nextCode":"322-009","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":12.67,"text":"Larry, any time you can call me back."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal aide Manolo Sanchez to discuss his recent diplomatic trip to the People’s Republic of China and review his upcoming schedule. Following this discussion, Nixon briefly consulted with Lawrence M. Higby to coordinate a follow-up communication. The interaction concluded with a directive for Higby to facilitate a return phone call, likely involving H.R. Haldeman.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","People's Republic of China","Diplomacy","White House staff","H.R. Haldeman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:57:54.405Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","peoples-republic-of-china","diplomacy","white-house-staff","h-r-haldeman"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"322-008.mp3","bytes":598518,"durationSec":14.82,"bitrate":323028,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/322-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/322-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/322/conversation-322-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}