{"conversationCode":"660-018","tapeNumber":660,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-660-018","startDateTime":"1972-01-31T15:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-31T16:03:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Jan-1972","startTime":"10:59 AM","endDate":"31-Jan-1972","endTime":"11:03 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On January 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:03 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 660-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 660-018\nDate: January 31, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:59 am and 11:03 am\nLocation: Oval Office\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n******************************************************************************\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 07/31/2019.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[660-018-w001]\n[Duration: 5s]\nCompliment\n******************************************************************************\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 11:03 am.\nPage | 65\nWhite House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["660-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:36:30","tapeEnd":"05:38:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"660-017","nextCode":"660-019","transcript":[{"start":0.98,"end":3.92,"text":"If you're driving, Susan, there's a dead end."},{"start":3.96,"end":5.37,"text":"There's a..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office for a brief, informal interaction. The exchange consisted of a compliment directed toward Sanchez. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during this short encounter.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Oval Office","Personal Staff","Presidential Valet"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:08:34.880Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","oval-office","personal-staff","presidential-valet"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"660-018.mp3","bytes":244293,"durationSec":5.96,"bitrate":327827,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.979Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/660-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/660-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/660/conversation-660-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}