{"conversationCode":"439-040","tapeNumber":439,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-439-040","startDateTime":"1973-05-23T18:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-23T19:27:00.000Z","startDate":"23-May-1973","startTime":"2:15 PM","endDate":"23-May-1973","endTime":"3:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On May 23, 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 2:15 pm and 3:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-040 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. 439-40\n\nDate: May 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:15 pm and 3:27 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nPresident met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       Refreshment\n              -Choices\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 3:27 pm.","filename":["439-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"439-039","nextCode":"439-041","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.74,"text":"I think I drank up a cup of it, and I'll be a simple."},{"start":5.88,"end":7.3,"text":"Thankfully, people will come today."},{"start":7.32,"end":11.41,"text":"We were thinking we could discuss, but it wasn't discussed."},{"start":11.57,"end":12.07,"text":"Like you did."},{"start":12.19,"end":13.13,"text":"Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."},{"start":13.15,"end":13.99,"text":"Don't get my foot here."},{"start":14.01,"end":14.85,"text":"Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."},{"start":14.87,"end":15.91,"text":"We haven't been on the choices."},{"start":15.93,"end":17.96,"text":"Maybe we'll have to give you one of those."},{"start":18.1,"end":19.98,"text":"Well, we could have one of these, but they're not going to be mine, honey."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to attend to routine personal matters. The conversation centered on the logistical arrangements for daily refreshments and meal choices for the President. No major policy decisions were made, as the exchange remained focused on private, domestic coordination.","topics":["White House staff","Personal valet","Daily operations","Manolo Sanchez"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:14:48.700Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-staff","personal-valet","daily-operations","manolo-sanchez"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"439-040.mp3","bytes":794624,"durationSec":24.75,"bitrate":256882,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/439-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/439/conversation-439-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}