{"conversationCode":"439-010","tapeNumber":439,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-439-010","startDateTime":"1973-05-21T16:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-21T16:40:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1973","startTime":"12:35 PM","endDate":"21-May-1973","endTime":"12:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On May 21, 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 12:35 pm and 12:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-010 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. 439-10\n\nDate: May 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:35 pm and 12:40 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nPresident met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n       Chairs in Old Executive Office Building [EOB] office\n              -Dust covers\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 12:40 pm.\n\f                                            -6-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                               Conversation 439-11 (cont’d)","filename":["439-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"439-009","nextCode":"439-011","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":15.01,"text":"I wanted to do it, uh, maybe, uh, cover the chairs, uh, up here, up here, you know, and then cover, yeah, like this."},{"start":15.03,"end":15.31,"text":"Is that right?"},{"start":15.33,"end":15.71,"text":"Yeah, that's right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, regarding the aesthetic upkeep of his Old Executive Office Building workspace. The two discussed the logistics of applying dust covers to the office chairs to maintain the furniture. The brief meeting concluded with Sanchez acknowledging the President's instructions for these protective measures.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Old Executive Office Building","Office maintenance","White House domestic staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:12:06.996Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","old-executive-office-building","office-maintenance","white-house-domestic-staff"],"audioDurationSec":32,"audioFiles":[{"file":"439-010.mp3","bytes":1026048,"durationSec":31.96,"bitrate":256833,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.738Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:40.767Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/439-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/439/conversation-439-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}