{"conversationCode":"637-008","tapeNumber":637,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-637-008","startDateTime":"1971-12-10T15:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-10T16:04:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Dec-1971","startTime":"10:37 AM","endDate":"10-Dec-1971","endTime":"11:04 AM","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 10:37 am and 11:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 637-008 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. 637-008\n\nDate: December 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:37 am and 11:04 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     Silver Star\n           -Walter H. Annenberg\n           -Delivery to Oval Office\n           -Placement in Oval Office\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 11:04 am.","filename":["637-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:32:07","tapeEnd":"01:37:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"637-007","nextCode":"637-009","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":3.85,"text":"You remember that Silver Star that Mr. Ashford sent?"},{"start":3.9,"end":4.32,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.46,"end":6.02,"text":"Could you bring it over here?"},{"start":6.04,"end":7.74,"text":"I'm going to put it on the board here."},{"start":7.76,"end":8.04,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":8.12,"end":9.7,"text":"I'm going to get the Lord's residence."},{"start":9.84,"end":11.28,"text":"Yes, thank you, Mr. Ashford."},{"start":11.34,"end":12.62,"text":"Do you see where it is?"},{"start":12.66,"end":13.03,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":13.53,"end":16.33,"text":"I'm going to bring it over to Mr. Ashford."},{"start":16.67,"end":17.03,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to coordinate the retrieval and display of a Silver Star medal previously provided by Walter H. Annenberg. Nixon instructed Sanchez to bring the medal to the Oval Office so it could be placed on a display board. The brief exchange focused exclusively on the logistics of locating and positioning this specific personal item within the workspace.","topics":["Oval Office","Manolo Sanchez","Walter H. Annenberg","Silver Star","Decor","Personal belongings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:32:46.929Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","manolo-sanchez","walter-h-annenberg","silver-star","decor","personal-belongings"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"637-008.mp3","bytes":180368,"durationSec":17.61,"bitrate":81951,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/637-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/637-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/637/conversation-637-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}