{"conversationCode":"397-018","tapeNumber":397,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-397-018","startDateTime":"1973-01-19T17:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-19T18:13:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jan-1973","startTime":"12:30 PM","endDate":"19-Jan-1973","endTime":"1:13 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 1:13 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 397-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 397-18\n\nDate: January 19, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:30 pm and 1:13 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nPresident [?] met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       Inquiry\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 1:13 pm.","filename":["397-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"397-017","nextCode":"397-019","transcript":[{"start":0.59,"end":1.72,"text":"Just keep going."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to attend to personal or household matters. While the primary record of this interaction remains restricted under a deed of gift, the brief exchange reflects the routine daily assistance provided by Sanchez to the President. No substantive policy discussions or political developments are recorded in the available documentation of this encounter.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","White House staff","Presidential valet","Personal administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:09:41.664Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","white-house-staff","presidential-valet","personal-administration"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"397-018.mp3","bytes":417552,"durationSec":17.25,"bitrate":193609,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/397-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/397-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/397/conversation-397-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}