{"conversationCode":"633-003","tapeNumber":633,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-633-003","startDateTime":"1971-12-09T14:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-09T15:04:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Dec-1971","startTime":"9:13 AM","endDate":"9-Dec-1971","endTime":"10:04 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 10:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 633-003 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. 633-003\n\nDate: December 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:13 am and 10:04 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Rose Mary Woods and Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     Bust of Abraham Lincoln\n          -Position in room\n                -Style of bust\n\nWoods and Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:04 am.","filename":["633-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:08:35","tapeEnd":"00:16:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"633-002","nextCode":"633-004","transcript":[{"start":5.91,"end":7.05,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":7.25,"end":13.42,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":14.02,"end":19.72,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":19.8,"end":21.78,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":33.08,"end":36.38,"text":"You know, that's very, very, very good."},{"start":36.44,"end":37.46,"text":"Very good."},{"start":37.54,"end":38,"text":"Very good."},{"start":38.08,"end":39.6,"text":"Very good."},{"start":39.74,"end":40.59,"text":"Very good."},{"start":40.73,"end":42.07,"text":"Very good."},{"start":61.41,"end":66.29,"text":"Did I say that this is the tenderest time of the year?"},{"start":66.43,"end":69.06,"text":"Well, I think that's true."},{"start":70.2,"end":72.24,"text":"I think that's right."},{"start":89.54,"end":96.73,"text":"I think there's a couple of things going on."},{"start":97.15,"end":100.01,"text":"I don't know."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, and personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss the decor and arrangement of the Oval Office. The group specifically focused on the placement and aesthetic style of an Abraham Lincoln bust within the room. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this informal administrative discussion.","topics":["Oval Office decor","Abraham Lincoln bust","Rose Mary Woods","Manolo Sanchez","White House interior design"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:26:17.217Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office-decor","abraham-lincoln-bust","rose-mary-woods","manolo-sanchez","white-house-interior-design"],"audioDurationSec":123,"audioFiles":[{"file":"633-003.mp3","bytes":1232126,"durationSec":122.78,"bitrate":80279,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.362Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:10.725Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/633-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/633-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/633/conversation-633-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}