{"conversationCode":"331-008","tapeNumber":331,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-331-008","startDateTime":"1972-04-17T19:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-17T20:48:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Apr-1972","startTime":"2:50 PM","endDate":"17-Apr-1972","endTime":"3:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On April 17, 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 2:50 pm and 3:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 331-008 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":"Abuse of Governmental Power Release","aogpSegment":"Segment 1","lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 331-8\n\nDate: April 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:50 pm and 3:48 pm\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 10/15/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[331-008-w001]\n[Duration: 30s]\n\n       The President's schedule\n              -Nap\n                      -Time\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 3:48 pm.","filename":["331-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:33:17","tapeEnd":"00:35:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"331-007","nextCode":"331-009","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":28.39,"text":"Okay, I'm going to take a three-half hour."},{"start":28.41,"end":29.35,"text":"You've got four o'clock."},{"start":29.97,"end":30.33,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to coordinate the President's afternoon schedule. During the brief exchange, Nixon announced his intent to take a nap, prompting Sanchez to confirm the timing of his next scheduled engagement at four o'clock. This interaction served to finalize arrangements for the President's rest period within his busy daily itinerary.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Manolo Sanchez","White House operations","personal staff","time management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:29:53.388Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","manolo-sanchez","white-house-operations","personal-staff","time-management"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"331-008.mp3","bytes":1227546,"durationSec":30.56,"bitrate":321314,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.907Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/331-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/331-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/331/conversation-331-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}