{"conversationCode":"249-008","tapeNumber":249,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-249-008","startDateTime":"1971-04-15T19:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-15T20:15:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1971","startTime":"2:30 PM","endDate":"15-Apr-1971","endTime":"3:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On April 15, 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 2:30 pm and 3:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 249-008 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. 249-8\n\nDate: April 15, 1971\n\nTime: Unknown between 2:30 pm and 3:15 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez\n\n     President’s schedule\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 3:15 pm","filename":["249-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:52:22","tapeEnd":"01:56:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"249-007","nextCode":"249-009","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":5.8,"text":"The word, the word that I say is supposed to be Jewish."},{"start":5.89,"end":7.62,"text":"Why go to a Jewish church?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, engage in a brief, informal discussion concerning the etymology and cultural associations of certain words and religious institutions. The exchange focuses on the President's curiosity regarding the origins of specific terminology and the nuances of religious identity. No major policy decisions or significant administrative actions result from this personal dialogue.","topics":["Etymology","Religious identity","Presidential staff","Informal conversation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:38:45.422Z"},"topicSlugs":["etymology","religious-identity","presidential-staff","informal-conversation"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"249-008.mp3","bytes":311059,"durationSec":7.63,"bitrate":326170,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/249-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/249-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/249/conversation-249-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}