{"conversationCode":"918-002","tapeNumber":918,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-918-002","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T11:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T12:10:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"7:50 AM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"8:10 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:50 am and 8:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 918-2\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:50 am and 8:10 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     An unknown man’s schedule\n\n     Thomas Hart’s location\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 8:10 am.","filename":["918-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"918-001","nextCode":"918-003","transcript":[{"start":0.19,"end":3.26,"text":"Well, obviously, you're driving in our... Not me, sir."},{"start":3.28,"end":6.37,"text":"Uh, if you told me that you had my name, you'd still be a good boy."},{"start":8.26,"end":9.76,"text":"It's hard to see the parts."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss logistical arrangements and the whereabouts of specific staff members. The conversation focused on the schedule of an unidentified man and the current location of Thomas Hart. No major policy decisions were made during this brief, informal administrative check-in.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","White House staff","scheduling","Thomas Hart"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:08:06.746Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","white-house-staff","scheduling","thomas-hart"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"918-002.mp3","bytes":493568,"durationSec":15.31,"bitrate":257962,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.647Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/918-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/918/conversation-918-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}