{"conversationCode":"404-019","tapeNumber":404,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-404-019","startDateTime":"1973-01-23T18:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-23T18:53:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jan-1973","startTime":"1:46 PM","endDate":"23-Jan-1973","endTime":"1:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On January 23, 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 1:46 pm and 1:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 404-019 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. 404-19\n\nDate: January 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:46 pm and 1:53 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n       Dictation machine batteries\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 1:53 pm.","filename":["404-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"404-018","nextCode":"404-020","transcript":[{"start":5.97,"end":14.19,"text":"This battery is dead."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to address a technical issue. The conversation focused on the failure of the dictation machine's batteries. Sanchez was present to assist with the administrative equipment, confirming the need for functional recording tools.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Dictation equipment","White House operations","Presidential routine"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:24:51.183Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","dictation-equipment","white-house-operations","presidential-routine"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"404-019.mp3","bytes":527891,"durationSec":21.85,"bitrate":193248,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.213Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/404-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/404-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/404/conversation-404-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}