{"conversationCode":"408-002","tapeNumber":408,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-408-002","startDateTime":"1973-02-05T18:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-05T19:58:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Feb-1973","startTime":"1:59 PM","endDate":"5-Feb-1973","endTime":"2:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On February 5, 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 1:59 pm and 2:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 408-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 408-2\n\nDate: February 5, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:59 pm and 2:58 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez [?].\n\n**********************************************************************\n\f                                           - 2 -\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 408-10 (cont’d)\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during\nchronological review 2007-2013.]\n\n       President’s schedule\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 2:58 pm.","filename":["408-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"408-001","nextCode":"408-003","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":2.79,"text":"Better be caught by the terrorists before you let them."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to review the President’s upcoming schedule. While the surviving log and transcript fragments are extremely limited, they confirm the meeting served to coordinate personal and official logistical matters. The brief record concludes with the President addressing security concerns regarding potential threats.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Manolo Sanchez","White House operations","Security"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:35:16.571Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","manolo-sanchez","white-house-operations","security"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"408-002.mp3","bytes":59392,"durationSec":10,"bitrate":47513,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.738Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:35.190Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/408-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/408-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/408/conversation-408-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}