{"conversationCode":"636-002","tapeNumber":636,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-636-002","startDateTime":"1971-12-10T20:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-10T20:37:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Dec-1971","startTime":"3:35 PM","endDate":"10-Dec-1971","endTime":"3:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 636-002 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. 636-2\n\nDate: December 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:35 pm and 3:37 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 03/01/2018.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[Duration: 9s]\n\n     Manolo Sanchez\n         -Request\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 3:37 pm.","filename":["636-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:51","tapeEnd":"00:03:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"636-001","nextCode":"636-003","transcript":[{"start":0.95,"end":1.43,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office to address a brief personal request. The interaction lasted only a few seconds and concluded with Sanchez exiting shortly thereafter. No significant policy matters or administrative decisions were documented during this short exchange.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","White House staff","Personal affairs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:30:57.401Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","white-house-staff","personal-affairs"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"636-002.mp3","bytes":433424,"durationSec":10.7,"bitrate":324018,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.362Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/636-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/636-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/636/conversation-636-002","catalogNaId":417182993,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417182993","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}