{"conversationCode":"604-005","tapeNumber":604,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-604-005","startDateTime":"1971-10-27T17:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-27T18:53:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Oct-1971","startTime":"1:32 PM","endDate":"27-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On October 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 604-005 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 604-5\n\nDate: October 27, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     Briefcase\n\n     Demonstrators\n         -The President’s view\n\n     United Nations [UN] vote on Taiwan’s expulsion\n          -Sanchez’s view\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 2:53 pm.","filename":["604a.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:10:48","tapeEnd":"00:12:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"604-004","nextCode":"604-006","tapeTranscriptFile":"604a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":673.55,"end":683.23,"text":"Well, that dragged me into meetings here this morning."},{"start":685.19,"end":690.13,"text":"Well, the demonstrators didn't do much."},{"start":690.94,"end":692.02,"text":"No, sir, not much."},{"start":693.4,"end":694.2,"text":"What do you think?"},{"start":694.28,"end":695.32,"text":"How was that for you and him?"},{"start":696.87,"end":699.57,"text":"Sir, now I think I'm scared."},{"start":700.53,"end":703.55,"text":"60% are enemies of the peace in the world."},{"start":703.57,"end":708.77,"text":"60% of the United Nations are enemies of the peace."},{"start":708.83,"end":714.93,"text":"No one who is, wants the discussions and trouble."},{"start":716.75,"end":718.85,"text":"It's only the good, the good, the good."},{"start":719.69,"end":724.88,"text":"Thank you very much for all the United Nations, because they are troublemakers."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":660.625,"end":757.125,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss the minimal impact of recent demonstrations and the United Nations' vote regarding the expulsion of Taiwan. Sanchez expressed significant concern over the state of international affairs, leading Nixon to characterize sixty percent of UN member nations as enemies of peace. The exchange highlights the President's skepticism toward the organization, with both men agreeing that the body serves primarily to stir up unnecessary global trouble.","topics":["United Nations","Taiwan","Demonstrations","Foreign policy","Manolo Sanchez"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:34:47.468Z"},"topicSlugs":["united-nations","taiwan","demonstrations","foreign-policy","manolo-sanchez"],"audioDurationSec":111,"audioFiles":[{"file":"604a.mp3","bytes":171642043,"durationSec":7151.69,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.636Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/604a.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/604-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/604/conversation-604-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}