{"conversationCode":"384-007","tapeNumber":384,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-384-007","startDateTime":"1972-12-14T18:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-14T19:09:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Dec-1972","startTime":"1:39 PM","endDate":"14-Dec-1972","endTime":"2:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On December 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 2:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 384-007 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 384-7\n\nDate: December 14, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:39 pm and 2:09 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n       Christmas tree\n             -Instructions\n                   -Charles G. (“Bebe\") Rebozo\n                   -Julie Nixon Eisenhower\n                   -Decorations\n                          -Florida\n\nAn unknown person entered and left at an unknown time before 2:09 pm.\n\n       Request for a meeting with Charles W. Colson\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 2:09 pm.\n\f                                              -38-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["384-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"384-006","nextCode":"384-008","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":12.19,"text":"If you're coming to Rebosa, we'd have that, uh... What we want is not to make a special tree down like you did before, but just to take this little tree that you have."},{"start":12.21,"end":15.9,"text":"There's near a little Christmas tree somebody sent her."},{"start":15.92,"end":18.1,"text":"Julie knows about it."},{"start":18.12,"end":18.66,"text":"I'd better ask her."},{"start":18.68,"end":22.38,"text":"Somebody sent a little Christmas tree already decorated, you see, for us."},{"start":22.4,"end":28.67,"text":"They had it sent to Florida and put in, not on that cool house, but the other house on the table."},{"start":28.69,"end":29.33,"text":"That's all they did."},{"start":29.93,"end":37.84,"text":"We don't want to decorate a special tree down here."},{"start":37.86,"end":38.72,"text":"Maybe get some greens and other things."},{"start":38.86,"end":40.18,"text":"I'll get ahold of him and call, whatever."},{"start":40.2,"end":42.83,"text":"Sorry, I'm sorry."},{"start":42.85,"end":43.71,"text":"I need to get ran by the state, sir."},{"start":44.73,"end":45.04,"text":"You can travel."},{"start":45.06,"end":45.38,"text":"Travel closer."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, to provide specific instructions regarding Christmas decorations for his residence in Florida. The conversation focused on utilizing a pre-decorated tree that had been sent to the property rather than arranging for a new, elaborate display. Additionally, an unknown individual briefly joined the meeting to request a session with Charles W. Colson.","topics":["Christmas decorations","Manolo Sanchez","Florida residence","Charles W. Colson","White House domestic affairs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:44:55.701Z"},"topicSlugs":["christmas-decorations","manolo-sanchez","florida-residence","charles-w-colson","white-house-domestic-affairs"],"audioDurationSec":52,"audioFiles":[{"file":"384-007.mp3","bytes":1245729,"durationSec":51.76,"bitrate":192539,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:30.842Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/384-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/384-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/384/conversation-384-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}