{"conversationCode":"504-005","tapeNumber":504,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-504-005","startDateTime":"1971-05-27T15:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-27T15:54:00.000Z","startDate":"27-May-1971","startTime":"11:52 AM","endDate":"27-May-1971","endTime":"11:54 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On May 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:54 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 504-005 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. 504-5\n\nDate: May 27, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:52 am and 11:54 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     [Gift from Malik Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud]\n           -Sword\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[National Security]\n[Duration: 9s ]\n\n     SAUDI ARABIA\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 11:54 am.","filename":["504-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:02:13","tapeEnd":"02:02:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"504-004","nextCode":"504-006","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":11.96,"text":"Well, how do you like the story?"},{"start":11.98,"end":15.71,"text":"Hugh is, uh, he's a nice man, sir."},{"start":15.73,"end":20.43,"text":"Yeah, he, uh, he, uh, he, uh, he doesn't like Mr. Saudi Arabia."},{"start":20.45,"end":20.91,"text":"He don't like the Jews."},{"start":20.93,"end":21.04,"text":"Okay."},{"start":21.05,"end":21.34,"text":"He likes that."},{"start":21.36,"end":21.86,"text":"He doesn't like the Jews."},{"start":21.88,"end":22.38,"text":"He doesn't like the Jews."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss a gift of a sword received from King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. Their brief exchange touched upon the political perspectives of a third party, characterized by the President as harboring negative views toward Saudi Arabia and Jewish people. The conversation primarily served as a casual interaction regarding diplomatic gifts and the interpersonal impressions of various individuals.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","King Faisal","Saudi Arabia","Diplomatic gifts","Personal staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:29:12.370Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","king-faisal","saudi-arabia","diplomatic-gifts","personal-staff"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"504-005.mp3","bytes":907803,"durationSec":22.56,"bitrate":321899,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.685Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/504-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/504-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/504/conversation-504-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}