{"conversationCode":"433-035","tapeNumber":433,"conversationNumber":35,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-433-035","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T21:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T21:53:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"5:44 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"5:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On May 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 5:44 pm and 5:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 433-035 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 433-35\n\f                                             -17-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:44 pm and 5:53 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     Request that Herbert G. Klein join President\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during\nchronological review 2007-2013]\n\n     Refreshment\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n     President’s opponents\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n           -Character\n\n     Resignations of Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman\n\n     Press relations\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 5:53 pm.","filename":["433-035.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"433-034","nextCode":"433-036","transcript":[{"start":1.28,"end":2.76,"text":"Come over, please."},{"start":3.48,"end":6.41,"text":"I have a cup of black coffee, please."},{"start":19.1,"end":19.74,"text":"Well, well."},{"start":21.22,"end":22.36,"text":"Mayday, a new day."},{"start":23.39,"end":25.27,"text":"Yeah, we're going to beat these factors."},{"start":25.29,"end":26.65,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":26.67,"end":30.27,"text":"Look, do you know how much I want to meet?"},{"start":31.42,"end":34.3,"text":"Very well, Mr. Polman."},{"start":34.32,"end":36.2,"text":"The best match I ever met."},{"start":37.79,"end":38.81,"text":"But they had to go, no?"},{"start":38.83,"end":39.89,"text":"Yes, sir, I know, I know."},{"start":40.83,"end":42.23,"text":"But it's disgusting."},{"start":43.45,"end":47.02,"text":"Down in Samarabia, the press can't win anyone in this country."},{"start":47.04,"end":49.02,"text":"Always they come to."},{"start":49.14,"end":51.04,"text":"It depends."},{"start":51.06,"end":53.33,"text":"In this country, there's no money for the press."},{"start":55.53,"end":55.59,"text":"No."},{"start":55.61,"end":57.63,"text":"Not in any other country."},{"start":57.65,"end":58.47,"text":"Take Baxter to the..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss the recent, forced resignations of key staffers H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman amidst the escalating Watergate scandal. The two men reflected on the President’s political opponents, the nature of press relations, and the necessity of the staff departures. During the brief encounter, Nixon requested refreshments and expressed a defiant determination to overcome the mounting political pressure.","topics":["Watergate scandal","H. R. Haldeman","John D. Ehrlichman","Presidential staff resignations","Press relations","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:51:35.834Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate-scandal","h-r-haldeman","john-d-ehrlichman","presidential-staff-resignations","press-relations","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":65,"audioFiles":[{"file":"433-035.mp3","bytes":2078720,"durationSec":64.84,"bitrate":256473,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.424Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:39.659Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/433-035.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/433-035","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/433/conversation-433-035","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}