{"conversationCode":"416-036","tapeNumber":416,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-416-036","startDateTime":"1973-03-15T18:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-15T19:48:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Mar-1973","startTime":"1:18 PM","endDate":"15-Mar-1973","endTime":"2:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On March 15, 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 1:18 pm and 2:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 416-036 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. 416-36\n\nDate: March 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:18 pm and 2:48 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n          President's press conference\n                -Press relations\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 2:48 pm.","filename":["416-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"416-035","nextCode":"416-037","transcript":[{"start":0.67,"end":3.82,"text":"Look, how do you like the jackals?"},{"start":3.84,"end":10,"text":"Sir, uh, I know this is a bit, uh, bad, sir."},{"start":10.66,"end":11.32,"text":"Why not?"},{"start":11.35,"end":15.07,"text":"Well, sir, uh, having me again right in the beginning makes me so sad."},{"start":15.09,"end":16.43,"text":"It makes me sick, sir."},{"start":16.45,"end":16.59,"text":"Really?"},{"start":16.61,"end":16.83,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":16.85,"end":17.97,"text":"The beginning again is very stressful."},{"start":19.4,"end":28.27,"text":"Uh, the baskets are not much better than mine."},{"start":28.35,"end":29.23,"text":"Well, I'm going to..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss the President’s recent press conference and the hostile nature of the press corps. Sanchez expressed personal distress regarding the intense media scrutiny and the stressful environment surrounding the administration. The conversation reflects the President's ongoing preoccupation with his public image and the adversarial relationship between the White House and the press.","topics":["Richard Nixon","Manolo Sanchez","Press relations","Presidential press conferences","White House media strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:57:37.940Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-nixon","manolo-sanchez","press-relations","presidential-press-conferences","white-house-media-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":34,"audioFiles":[{"file":"416-036.mp3","bytes":282624,"durationSec":34.07,"bitrate":66369,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/416-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/416-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/416/conversation-416-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}