{"conversationCode":"248-008","tapeNumber":248,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-248-008","startDateTime":"1971-04-14T19:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-14T20:05:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Apr-1971","startTime":"2:13 PM","endDate":"14-Apr-1971","endTime":"3:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On April 14, 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 2:13 pm and 3:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 248-008 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. 248-8\n\nDate: April 14, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:13 pm and 3:05 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/27/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[248-008-w001]\n[Duration: 14s]\n\n     The President’s schedule\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 3:05 pm","filename":["248-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:07:12","tapeEnd":"00:07:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"248-007","nextCode":"248-009","transcript":[{"start":0.05,"end":1.53,"text":"I think I'll go out now."},{"start":2.31,"end":4.47,"text":"I think it's a little bit better now."},{"start":4.5,"end":12.98,"text":"I mean, you know, sir, I think you said fire came in through to the chimney."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss the logistics of the President's upcoming schedule and personal arrangements. The brief interaction focused on timing and environmental conditions, specifically referencing a recent issue involving smoke or fire in a chimney. The conversation concluded with the President preparing to depart his office.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Manolo Sanchez","White House operations","personal staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:36:47.405Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","manolo-sanchez","white-house-operations","personal-staff"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"248-008.mp3","bytes":556594,"durationSec":13.77,"bitrate":323304,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:10.770Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/248-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/248-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/248/conversation-248-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}