{"conversationCode":"679-010","tapeNumber":679,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-679-010","startDateTime":"1972-03-07T17:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-07T17:40:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Mar-1972","startTime":"12:31 PM","endDate":"7-Mar-1972","endTime":"12:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On March 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 679-010 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. 679-10\n\nDate: March 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:31 pm and 12:40 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n          -Briefcase\n          -Time\n                -Forthcoming meeting with Richard C. Gerstenberg\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 12:40 pm.","filename":["679-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:38:16","tapeEnd":"02:39:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"679-009","nextCode":"679-011","transcript":[{"start":1.92,"end":3.31,"text":"No, I'm going over to the other side."},{"start":3.33,"end":5.77,"text":"I don't think we, uh, need to take the, uh, vacation."},{"start":5.79,"end":14.14,"text":"So, uh, let's see, it's the time of, uh, what is it?"},{"start":14.16,"end":20.7,"text":"It would be nice to see one man here first."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, discuss the logistics of the President’s upcoming schedule and movements within the White House complex. The conversation centers on whether to transport a briefcase to the Executive Office Building and the timing of a planned meeting with Richard C. Gerstenberg. Nixon ultimately decides to cross to the EOB and coordinates his itinerary to accommodate the pending appointment.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Executive Office Building","Manolo Sanchez","Logistics","Richard C. Gerstenberg"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:30:30.444Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","executive-office-building","manolo-sanchez","logistics","richard-c-gerstenberg"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"679-010.mp3","bytes":910938,"durationSec":22.64,"bitrate":321951,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.979Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/679-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/679-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/679/conversation-679-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}