{"conversationCode":"388-003","tapeNumber":388,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-388-003","startDateTime":"1972-11-08T05:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-08T06:00:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Nov-1972","startTime":"12:54 AM","endDate":"8-Nov-1972","endTime":"1:00 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; White House operator; Sanchez, Manolo; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On November 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Manolo Sanchez, and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:54 am and 1:00 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 388-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.1","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part I","chronReleaseDate":"11-Jul-2007","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 388-3\n\nDate: November 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:54 am and 1:00 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with an unknown person [Manolo Sanchez?].\n\n          Instruction\n\nThe President talked with the White House Operator at an unknown time between 12:54 am and\n1:00 am.\n\n[CONVERSATION NO. 388-3A]\n\n          Unknown person\n              -Another line\n              -The President’s forthcoming telephone call\n\n[End of telephone call]\n\nThe unknown person [Sanchez?] left at an unknown time before 1:00 am.\n\n[Pause]\n\nSanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:54 am.\n\n          Inquiry\n\n[Pause]\n\nSanchez talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:54 am and 1:00\nam.\n\n[Conversation No. 388-3B]\n\n[See Conversation No. 33-53]\n\n[End of telephone call]\n\f                                           -3-\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\n                                                               Conversation No. 388-3 (cont’d)\n\nAn unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:54 am.\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:54 am and\n1:00 am.\n\n[Conversation 388-3C]\n\n[See Conversation No. 33-54]\n\n[End of telephone call]\n\n       1972 election\n            -Votes\n\n       H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n             -Arrival\n\n       1972 election\n            -Sanchez and Fina Sanchez’s votes\n\nHaldeman entered at an unknown time after 12:54 am.\n\nSanchez and the unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:00 am.\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:54 am and\n1:00 am.\n\n[Conversation No. 388-3D]\n\n[See Conversation No. 33-55]\n\n[End of telephone call]","filename":["388-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo","White House operator","Sanchez, Manolo","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"388-002","nextCode":"388-004","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":28.43,"text":"Here we go."},{"start":28.45,"end":28.57,"text":"Hello."},{"start":28.59,"end":28.71,"text":"Hello."},{"start":28.73,"end":28.85,"text":"Hello."},{"start":28.87,"end":28.99,"text":"Hello."},{"start":29.01,"end":29.13,"text":"Hello."},{"start":172.63,"end":174.64,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":246.49,"end":250,"text":"."},{"start":250.01,"end":250.03,"text":"."},{"start":250.06,"end":250.72,"text":"."},{"start":251.08,"end":253.3,"text":"."},{"start":255.96,"end":257.12,"text":"."},{"start":257.16,"end":267.64,"text":"."},{"start":267.99,"end":278.4,"text":"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Black."},{"start":281.24,"end":286.85,"text":"I am Mr. and Mrs. Michelle Locke."},{"start":286.87,"end":287.17,"text":"Michelle Locke."},{"start":287.19,"end":288.09,"text":"No, no, no, no."},{"start":288.11,"end":289.73,"text":"Michelle Locke is my daughter."},{"start":289.75,"end":291.56,"text":"Michelle Locke is my daughter."},{"start":291.58,"end":293.18,"text":"Michelle Locke is my daughter."},{"start":293.2,"end":293.82,"text":"Michelle Locke is my daughter."},{"start":293.84,"end":294.44,"text":"Michelle Locke is my daughter."},{"start":294.46,"end":295.06,"text":"Michelle Locke is my daughter."},{"start":300.52,"end":305.36,"text":"Hello."},{"start":311.03,"end":322.62,"text":"Okay, fine, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with H.R. Haldeman and Manolo Sanchez in the Old Executive Office Building shortly after the 1972 election. The discussion centered on early election returns and the personal voting experiences of Sanchez and his wife, Fina. During the brief interaction, the President also utilized White House operators to facilitate multiple telephone communications.","topics":["1972 Presidential Election","Election returns","H.R. 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