{"conversationCode":"846-003","tapeNumber":846,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-846-003","startDateTime":"1973-02-01T15:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-01T15:35:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Feb-1973","startTime":"10:03 AM","endDate":"1-Feb-1973","endTime":"10:35 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan); Sanchez, Manolo; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On February 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan) Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:03 am and 10:35 am. 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(Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule\n             -Esmé Mary Gabriel Harmsworth Baring\n\n       Oval office\n              -Décor\n                       -Chair\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nThe President entered at an unknown time between 10:03 am and 10:06 am.\n\n       President's schedule\n\f                                             - 7 -\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                               Conversation No. 846-18 (cont’d)\n\n              -Heath\n\nThe President, Mrs. Nixon, and the unknown man left at 10:06 am.\n\n[Singing]\n\nSanchez [?] left at an unknown time before 10:35 am.","filename":["846-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)","Sanchez, Manolo","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"846-002","nextCode":"846-004","transcript":[{"start":6,"end":9.43,"text":"The ceremony lady, Crona, will be standing next to you with the two of you in anticipation."},{"start":9.45,"end":19.89,"text":"She's not going to be sitting by the wayside."},{"start":20.09,"end":20.25,"text":"Hey."},{"start":20.45,"end":20.67,"text":"Hello."},{"start":20.81,"end":22.35,"text":"I'm ready for a restaurant."},{"start":22.49,"end":22.85,"text":"Come here."},{"start":22.99,"end":23.33,"text":"Come on."},{"start":23.73,"end":25.21,"text":"I'd like a new chair."},{"start":25.23,"end":27.07,"text":"No, that's not the center."},{"start":27.23,"end":28.45,"text":"That's the company."},{"start":28.53,"end":29.23,"text":"The company about me."},{"start":29.89,"end":30.13,"text":"That's me."},{"start":31.05,"end":32.13,"text":"That's it."},{"start":32.23,"end":33.97,"text":"Here you go."},{"start":34.99,"end":35.25,"text":"Thanks."},{"start":35.81,"end":36.19,"text":"It's a boy."},{"start":36.21,"end":43.29,"text":"It really is going to improve my life."},{"start":43.31,"end":43.99,"text":"Maybe he did that crazy thing."},{"start":44.01,"end":46.61,"text":"It's like, you know, I think he used to run for bars."},{"start":46.63,"end":48.05,"text":"I hope he likes it."},{"start":48.07,"end":49.23,"text":"I'm going to have him use the niche."},{"start":49.35,"end":52.27,"text":"He likes it?"},{"start":52.33,"end":52.41,"text":"Yes."},{"start":52.43,"end":54.51,"text":"It really is a nice chair."},{"start":54.53,"end":55.19,"text":"It's got all sorts of things."},{"start":59.44,"end":61.44,"text":"Well, Lizzie, you can go back and put a seat on the desk with me."},{"start":61.46,"end":62.52,"text":"You're welcome."},{"start":62.58,"end":63.6,"text":"Don't go back."},{"start":64.89,"end":86.84,"text":"Uh, do you know whether Keith is wearing a coat or not?"},{"start":88.08,"end":89.94,"text":"Yeah, yeah, yeah."},{"start":90.12,"end":91.38,"text":"I just called."},{"start":91.6,"end":93.36,"text":"You're terrible."},{"start":141.98,"end":143.32,"text":"Come on."},{"start":144.06,"end":145.26,"text":"He's dead."},{"start":146.1,"end":146.54,"text":"He's dead."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon, First Lady Pat Nixon, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics for the upcoming arrival ceremony for British Prime Minister Edward Heath. The discussion included brief administrative details regarding the ceremony's arrangement and the positioning of Lady Cromer. The participants also engaged in informal conversation regarding the selection and placement of a new chair within the Oval Office decor.","topics":["Pat Nixon","Edward Heath","Ceremonial planning","Oval Office decor","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:05:41.938Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","edward-heath","ceremonial-planning","oval-office-decor","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":168,"audioFiles":[{"file":"846-003.mp3","bytes":4040268,"durationSec":168.21,"bitrate":192149,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.849Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:46.049Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/846-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/846-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/846/conversation-846-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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