{"conversationCode":"416-040","tapeNumber":416,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-416-040","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; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) 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 416-040 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. 416-40\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. An unknown man can be heard in the background.\n\n       Dictabelt to Rose Mary Woods for transcription\n\n       Situation\n\nSanchez and the unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:48 pm.","filename":["416-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"416-039","nextCode":"416-041","transcript":[{"start":2.39,"end":6.06,"text":"Oh, this post-corrosion."},{"start":6.08,"end":6.36,"text":"That's right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal aide Manolo Sanchez and an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to address minor logistical or administrative matters. The brief exchange focused on technical or maintenance-related concerns regarding office equipment, specifically referencing \"post-corrosion.\" No major policy decisions were reached, as the primary outcome was the referral of materials to Rose Mary Woods for transcription.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","White House operations","Administrative support","Transcription","Office maintenance"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:58:00.693Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","white-house-operations","administrative-support","transcription","office-maintenance"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"416-040.mp3","bytes":139264,"durationSec":19.67,"bitrate":56649,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/416-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/416-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/416/conversation-416-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}