{"conversationCode":"246-024","tapeNumber":246,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-246-024","startDateTime":"1971-04-07T21:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-07T21:30:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Apr-1971","startTime":"4:10 PM","endDate":"7-Apr-1971","endTime":"4:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On April 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 246-024 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 246-024\nDate: April 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:10 pm and 4:30 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez\n******************************************************************************\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/05/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[246-024-w001]\n[Duration: 11s]\n[Speaking in French]\n******************************************************************************\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 4:30 pm","filename":["246-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:16:24","tapeEnd":"04:16:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"246-023","nextCode":"246-025","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":6.31,"text":"Ah, silver plate."},{"start":6.33,"end":7.9,"text":"I'll put it over to the front, sir."},{"start":7.92,"end":8.02,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss the placement of a silver plate. The exchange, conducted briefly and partially in French, centered on the physical arrangement of this item within the office. The interaction concluded with the President confirming the item's new location as directed by Sanchez.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","White House operations","personal staff","office decor"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:33:48.509Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","white-house-operations","personal-staff","office-decor"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"246-024.mp3","bytes":335203,"durationSec":8.24,"bitrate":325410,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/246-024.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/246-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/246/conversation-246-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}