{"conversationCode":"490-018","tapeNumber":490,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-490-018","startDateTime":"1971-05-04T16:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-04T17:11:00.000Z","startDate":"4-May-1971","startTime":"12:35 PM","endDate":"4-May-1971","endTime":"1:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On May 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 1:11 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 490-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 490-18\n\nDate: May 4, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:35 pm and 1:11 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n           -Weather\n\nThe President and Sanchez left at 1:11 pm.","filename":["490-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:01:59","tapeEnd":"03:02:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"490-017","nextCode":"490-019","transcript":[{"start":2.03,"end":2.68,"text":"All right, let's get it going."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office to address administrative logistics. Their discussion centered on the President’s daily agenda, specifically concerning his upcoming movements to and from the Executive Office Building. The two also exchanged brief remarks regarding the current weather conditions before departing together.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Executive Office Building","Manolo Sanchez","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:01:50.354Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","executive-office-building","manolo-sanchez","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"490-018.mp3","bytes":481489,"durationSec":11.9,"bitrate":323603,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.990Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/490-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/490-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/490/conversation-490-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}