{"conversationCode":"433-072","tapeNumber":433,"conversationNumber":72,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-433-072","startDateTime":"1973-05-08T22:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-08T22:59:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1973","startTime":"6:51 PM","endDate":"8-May-1973","endTime":"6:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On May 8, 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 6:51 pm and 6:59 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 433-072 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. 433-72\n\nDate: May 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:51 pm and 6:59 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\f                                             -51-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n           -Meeting with President\n           -Drink of choice\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 6:59 pm.","filename":["433-072.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"433-071","nextCode":"433-073","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.66,"text":"Mr. Hague's coming over."},{"start":1.8,"end":2.8,"text":"I think, what does he drink?"},{"start":2.9,"end":4.57,"text":"Scotch and soda, really?"},{"start":4.65,"end":5.07,"text":"Scotch and soda."},{"start":5.11,"end":7.75,"text":"He's got some water."},{"start":7.78,"end":8.66,"text":"I'll let you know."},{"start":8.68,"end":9.1,"text":"I'll let you know."},{"start":9.12,"end":11.04,"text":"We'll check when he's coming in a minute."},{"start":11.06,"end":11.64,"text":"Leave the door open."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to coordinate the hosting of an upcoming visitor. The conversation focused on determining the drink preference of Alexander Haig, who was scheduled to arrive shortly. Nixon instructed Sanchez to prepare a scotch and soda for the guest and to leave the office door open in anticipation of the meeting.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Alexander Haig","White House operations","personal staff","hospitality"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:54:55.312Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","alexander-haig","white-house-operations","personal-staff","hospitality"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"433-072.mp3","bytes":579584,"durationSec":17.99,"bitrate":257783,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.105Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:39.667Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/433-072.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/433-072","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/433/conversation-433-072","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}