{"conversationCode":"438-001","tapeNumber":438,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-438-001","startDateTime":"1973-05-17T17:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-17T17:32:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1973","startTime":"1:27 PM","endDate":"17-May-1973","endTime":"1:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On May 17, 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 1:27 pm and 1:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 438-001 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. 438-1\n\nDate: May 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:27 pm and 1:32 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Returned items [?]\n              -Upstairs residence\n                      -Floor [?]\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 1:32 pm.","filename":["438-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"437-028","nextCode":"438-002","transcript":[{"start":0.55,"end":12.69,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to attend to personal and administrative matters. The brief discussion focused on the President’s daily schedule and the status of items being returned to the upstairs residence. The exchange concluded with logistical coordination regarding household maintenance, specifically involving flooring.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Presidential schedule","White House residence","Personal staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:07:55.193Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","presidential-schedule","white-house-residence","personal-staff"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"438-001.mp3","bytes":641024,"durationSec":19.92,"bitrate":257439,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/438-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/438-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/438/conversation-438-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}