{"conversationCode":"862-018","tapeNumber":862,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-862-018","startDateTime":"1973-02-23T18:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-23T19:20:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Feb-1973","startTime":"1:37 PM","endDate":"23-Feb-1973","endTime":"2:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]; Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On February 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:37 pm and 2:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 862-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 862-18\n\nDate: February 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:37 pm and 2:20 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n      Something to be typed\nManolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:37 pm.\n\n       Refreshments\n\nThe unknown man and Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:20 pm.","filename":["862-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"862-017","nextCode":"862-019","transcript":[{"start":0.21,"end":0.53,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.59,"end":0.81,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual and his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office. The primary activities during the meeting included the dictation of material to be typed and the provision of refreshments. No significant policy decisions or substantive political developments were recorded during the brief exchange.","topics":["Oval Office","Presidential staff","administrative tasks","Manolo Sanchez"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T14:41:37.883Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","presidential-staff","administrative-tasks","manolo-sanchez"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"862-018.mp3","bytes":557602,"durationSec":23.11,"bitrate":193053,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/862-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/862-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/862/conversation-862-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}