{"conversationCode":"492-005","tapeNumber":492,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-492-005","startDateTime":"1971-05-05T21:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-05T21:38:00.000Z","startDate":"5-May-1971","startTime":"5:37 PM","endDate":"5-May-1971","endTime":"5:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On May 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:37 pm and 5:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 492-005 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. 492-5\n\nDate: May 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:37 pm and 5:38 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man [Manolo Sanchez?]\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/06/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[492-005-w001]\n[Duration: 44s]\n\n[Previous tapes archival review indicated this was a conversation. Upon review of the digital\ncopy, archivists did not discern conversation. For the sake of clarity and continuity, this\nconversation designation will not change.]\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nThe unknown man [Sanchez?] left at an unknown time before 5:38 pm","filename":["492-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:28:23","tapeEnd":"02:29:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"492-004","nextCode":"492-006","transcript":[{"start":43.43,"end":44.15,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office. The exchange lasted less than one minute and involved only brief, perfunctory remarks. No substantive policy matters or official decisions were discussed during this interaction.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Personal staff","White House operations","Valet services"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:06:01.067Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","personal-staff","white-house-operations","valet-services"],"audioDurationSec":44,"audioFiles":[{"file":"492-005.mp3","bytes":1769848,"durationSec":44.1,"bitrate":321076,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.990Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/492-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/492-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/492/conversation-492-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}