{"conversationCode":"622-014","tapeNumber":622,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-622-014","startDateTime":"1971-11-22T22:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-22T22:15:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Nov-1971","startTime":"5:05 PM","endDate":"22-Nov-1971","endTime":"5:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On November 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 5:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 622-014 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. 622-014\n\nDate: November 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:05 pm and 5:15 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/09/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[Personal Returnable]\n[622-014-w001]\n[Duration: 45s]\n\n     Request\n         -Tea\n\n     Manolo Sanchez\n         -Understanding of French language\n         -Opinion of French\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 5:15 pm.","filename":["622-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:05:19","tapeEnd":"01:06:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"622-013","nextCode":"622-015","transcript":[{"start":1.8,"end":13.32,"text":"You like the French?"},{"start":13.34,"end":15.27,"text":"No, sir."},{"start":15.29,"end":15.95,"text":"No, sir."},{"start":15.97,"end":19.03,"text":"Why?"},{"start":19.05,"end":22.06,"text":"Well, sir, they think I'm the most important warrior."},{"start":22.64,"end":45.07,"text":"Okay, hold on."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal interaction with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, during which he inquired about Sanchez's personal opinion of the French. Sanchez expressed a negative view, suggesting that the French held an inflated sense of their own importance. The conversation concluded shortly after this exchange without any formal policy decisions.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","French culture","personal staff","informal conversation","Nixon administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:07:26.349Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","french-culture","personal-staff","informal-conversation","nixon-administration"],"audioDurationSec":45,"audioFiles":[{"file":"622-014.mp3","bytes":1820672,"durationSec":45.42,"bitrate":320710,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.995Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:08.916Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/622-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/622-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/622/conversation-622-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}