{"conversationCode":"868-016","tapeNumber":868,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-868-016","startDateTime":"1973-03-03T19:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-03T19:45:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Mar-1973","startTime":"2:07 PM","endDate":"3-Mar-1973","endTime":"2:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On March 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:07 pm and 2:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 868-016 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. 868-16\n\nDate: March 3, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:07 pm and 2:45 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez at an unknown time after 2:07 pm.\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       President’s schedule\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 2:45 pm.","filename":["868-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"868-015","nextCode":"868-017","transcript":[{"start":0.36,"end":0.88,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office to discuss matters related to the President's schedule. Due to the limited nature of the available record, the conversation is documented only as a brief administrative interaction regarding official programming. No significant policy decisions or major strategic developments were recorded during this brief encounter.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House staff","Manolo Sanchez","administrative operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:44:39.252Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-staff","manolo-sanchez","administrative-operations"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"868-016.mp3","bytes":184320,"durationSec":25.41,"bitrate":58023,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/868-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/868-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/868/conversation-868-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}