{"conversationCode":"416-004","tapeNumber":416,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-416-004","startDateTime":"1973-03-01T18:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-01T20:02:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Mar-1973","startTime":"1:25 PM","endDate":"1-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On March 1, 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 1:25 pm and 3:02 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 416-004 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. 416-4\n\nDate: March 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:25 pm and 3:02 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during\nchronological review 2007-2013]\n\n          The President’s schedule\n\n[Pause]\n\n          Refreshment\n\n******************************************************************************\n\f                                             -9-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                                Conversation No. 416-4 (cont’d)\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 3:00 pm.","filename":["416-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"416-003","nextCode":"416-005","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":24.42,"text":"OK. OK. OK."},{"start":31.89,"end":56.89,"text":"... ... ..."},{"start":64.17,"end":68.79,"text":"I think I'll have a little piece of, uh, buttercup cheese."},{"start":68.81,"end":70.38,"text":"You got some more cheese over here?"},{"start":70.4,"end":72.22,"text":"Yes, sir, I got the buttercup cheese, sir."},{"start":72.24,"end":74.51,"text":"You got a little of that?"},{"start":74.53,"end":79.95,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss the President's daily schedule and meal arrangements. The exchange focused on Nixon’s request for refreshments, specifically buttercup cheese, confirming the domestic support roles Sanchez performed for the President. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this brief, informal interaction.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Daily Schedule","White House Staff","Personal Services","Presidential Routine"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:54:30.749Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","daily-schedule","white-house-staff","personal-services","presidential-routine"],"audioDurationSec":80,"audioFiles":[{"file":"416-004.mp3","bytes":524288,"durationSec":79.91,"bitrate":52490,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.738Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:36.555Z","transcriptGapSeconds":49,"transcriptGapShare":0.61,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/416-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/416-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/416/conversation-416-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}