{"conversationCode":"403-031","tapeNumber":403,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-403-031","startDateTime":"1973-01-31T17:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-31T19:40:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Jan-1973","startTime":"12:41 PM","endDate":"31-Jan-1973","endTime":"2:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On January 31, 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 12:41 pm and 2:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 403-031 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. 403-31\n\nDate: January 31, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:41 pm and 2:40 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\n       Lyndon Johnson\n            -President’s call\n            -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s call\n            -Henry A. Kissinger\n\n       President’s press conference\n\n       President’s schedule\n\nManolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:41 pm.\n\n       Liberals[?]\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\f                                             -21-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 403-31 (cont’d)\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 2:40 pm.","filename":["403-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"403-030","nextCode":"403-032","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":8.96,"text":"I'm going to go from 10 to 1."},{"start":8.98,"end":12.44,"text":"10 to 1."},{"start":12.82,"end":15.21,"text":"3 to 2."},{"start":15.37,"end":20.09,"text":"It's going to be recorded."},{"start":21.23,"end":21.81,"text":"I'm going to go from 10 to 1."},{"start":21.83,"end":23.79,"text":"I'm going to go from 10 to 1."},{"start":23.81,"end":26.27,"text":"I'm going to go from 10 to 1."},{"start":26.3,"end":28.1,"text":"I'm going to go from 10 to 1."},{"start":28.99,"end":35.24,"text":"You don't have to ."},{"start":35.62,"end":44.87,"text":"You're saying it's a good question."},{"start":44.89,"end":49.05,"text":"No, it's a good question."},{"start":49.73,"end":52.34,"text":"That's a good question."},{"start":52.36,"end":52.88,"text":"Yes, it's a good question."},{"start":52.9,"end":53.42,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":53.44,"end":54.2,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":54.22,"end":54.68,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":54.7,"end":54.96,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":54.98,"end":55.24,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":55.26,"end":55.52,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":55.54,"end":56.36,"text":"I don't know."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, at the Old Executive Office Building to discuss administrative details regarding his daily schedule and upcoming press conference. The brief exchange touched on logistical preparations and communications involving key staff members and figures such as Henry Kissinger and the late Lyndon Johnson. The conversation served primarily as a coordination session for the President's immediate agenda.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Press conference preparations","White House staff","Manolo Sanchez","Executive office administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:22:38.492Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","press-conference-preparations","white-house-staff","manolo-sanchez","executive-office-administration"],"audioDurationSec":72,"audioFiles":[{"file":"403-031.mp3","bytes":1729735,"durationSec":71.92,"bitrate":192406,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.437Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:34.295Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/403-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/403-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/403/conversation-403-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}