{"conversationCode":"402-012","tapeNumber":402,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-402-012","startDateTime":"1973-01-23T01:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-23T01:47:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jan-1973","startTime":"8:22 PM","endDate":"22-Jan-1973","endTime":"8:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On January 22, 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 8:22 pm and 8:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 402-012 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. 402-12\n\nDate: January 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:22 pm and 8:47 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum for the files.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during\nchronological review 2007-2013]\n\n       Memorandum\n           -Last week\n\n       1973 Inauguration [?]\n            -John Ryan [?]\n            -Conversations\n\n       Vietnam settlement [?]\n            -Telephone call [?]\n            -President’s schedule [?]\n            -Announcement [?]\n\n       Suggestion\n            -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n            -Raymond J. Price, Jr.\n            -House of Representatives [?]\n\n       Lyndon B. Johnson [?]\n\n       1973 Inauguration\n\n       Charles W. Colson\n\f                                             -16-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 402-17 (cont’d)\n\n       Vietnam settlement\n            -Announcement\n            -Congressional relations [?]\n                  -Position\n            -Delay [?]\n            -Future\n            -Achievement [?]\n            -Events [?]\n            -Calm [?]\n            -President’s role [?]\n            -Ronald L. Ziegler [?]\n\nManolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 8:22 pm.\n\n       Refreshment order\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 8:47 pm.\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["402-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"402-011","nextCode":"402-013","transcript":[{"start":321.3,"end":325.77,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":524.12,"end":553.8,"text":"I think I'll try some coffee now."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon utilized this time in the Old Executive Office Building to dictate a memorandum for the files regarding his recent activities and administrative priorities. The recording captures the President documenting thoughts on the 1973 inauguration, the impending Vietnam peace settlement announcement, and personnel matters involving Alexander Haig and Charles Colson. Following this dictation, Manolo Sanchez entered the office to fulfill a request for refreshments.","topics":["Vietnam peace settlement","1973 Inauguration","Presidential memorandum","White House administration","Alexander M. Haig Jr."],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:19:14.204Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-peace-settlement","1973-inauguration","presidential-memorandum","white-house-administration","alexander-m-haig-jr"],"audioDurationSec":558,"audioFiles":[{"file":"402-012.mp3","bytes":13407095,"durationSec":558.48,"bitrate":192051,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:34.127Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/402-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/402-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/402/conversation-402-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}