{"conversationCode":"398-012","tapeNumber":398,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-398-012","startDateTime":"1973-01-19T23:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-19T23:40:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jan-1973","startTime":"6:15 PM","endDate":"19-Jan-1973","endTime":"6:40 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 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 398-012 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. 398-12\n\nDate: January 19, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       President’s schedule\n             -Dinner\n\f                                             -19-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                         Conversation No. 398-12 (cont’d)\n\n[End of segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 6:40 pm.","filename":["398-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"398-011","nextCode":"398-013","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":6.6,"text":"He says he's got to do what he says."},{"start":6.62,"end":8.69,"text":"He says, no, he's got to do what he says."},{"start":8.71,"end":9.31,"text":"He's got to do what he says."},{"start":9.33,"end":11.16,"text":"He's got to do what he says."},{"start":11.4,"end":12.84,"text":"He's got to do what he says."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss administrative details regarding the President's schedule. The conversation focused primarily on arrangements for an upcoming dinner. No major policy decisions were recorded during this brief logistical coordination.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Manolo Sanchez","Logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:11:30.216Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","manolo-sanchez","logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"398-012.mp3","bytes":443881,"durationSec":18.36,"bitrate":193412,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:33.425Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/398-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/398-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/398/conversation-398-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}