{"conversationCode":"829-016","tapeNumber":829,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-829-016","startDateTime":"1973-01-01T16:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-01T16:16:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Jan-1973","startTime":"11:14 AM","endDate":"1-Jan-1973","endTime":"11:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On January 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:14 am and 11:16 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 829-016 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 829-16\n\nDate: January 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:14 am and 11:17 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n       Executive Office Building [EOB] office\n            -Coat\n\nThe President and Manolo Sanchez left at 11:17 am.","filename":["829-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"829-015","nextCode":"829-017","transcript":[{"start":2.25,"end":3.73,"text":"Oh, no, I think maybe, uh..."},{"start":4.81,"end":7.78,"text":"I think we're motioned."},{"start":7.98,"end":8.18,"text":"Great."},{"start":8.52,"end":8.86,"text":"All right."},{"start":35.77,"end":43.1,"text":"We don't need to go today."},{"start":43.32,"end":44.52,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, briefly met in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics for the day. The primary focus of the discussion concerned the potential use of Nixon’s office in the Executive Office Building and whether a visit there was necessary. Ultimately, the two reached a mutual agreement that the trip to the EOB was not required, resulting in their departure shortly thereafter.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Logistics","Executive Office Building","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:42:15.951Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","logistics","executive-office-building","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":54,"audioFiles":[{"file":"829-016.mp3","bytes":1308406,"durationSec":54.37,"bitrate":192507,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.848Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/829-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/829-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/829/conversation-829-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}