{"conversationCode":"639-012","tapeNumber":639,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-639-012","startDateTime":"1971-12-18T19:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-18T19:10:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1971","startTime":"2:06 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On December 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:06 pm and 2:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 639-012 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. 639-012\n\nDate: December 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:06 pm and 2:10 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 06/14/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[639-012-w001]\n[Duration: 20s]\n\n     Request\n         -Coat\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 2:10 pm.","filename":["639-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:21:36","tapeEnd":"01:23:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"639-011","nextCode":"639-013","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":3.51,"text":"Do we have a call over here?"},{"start":3.75,"end":4.01,"text":"No, sir."},{"start":4.04,"end":11.64,"text":"I'm just getting over here, sir."},{"start":11.68,"end":12.04,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":12.42,"end":13.38,"text":"One, two, three."},{"start":13.44,"end":14.62,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office for a brief, informal interaction. The discussion primarily involved routine administrative tasks and the President checking on the status of incoming communications. The brief exchange concluded shortly after without any significant policy developments or major decisions.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Oval Office","Presidential staff","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:36:15.358Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","oval-office","presidential-staff","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"639-012.mp3","bytes":831488,"durationSec":20.69,"bitrate":321557,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:11.551Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/639-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/639-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/639/conversation-639-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}