{"conversationCode":"250-029","tapeNumber":250,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-250-029","startDateTime":"1971-04-16T22:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-17T00:04:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1971","startTime":"5:34 PM","endDate":"16-Apr-1971","endTime":"7:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On April 16, 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 5:34 pm and 7:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 250-029 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. 250-29\n\nDate: April 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:34 pm and 7:04 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 09/10/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[250-029-w001]\n[Duration: 17s]\n\n     Question\n\n     Request\n         -Coffee\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 7:04 pm","filename":["250-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:58:54","tapeEnd":"03:59:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"250-028","nextCode":"250-030","transcript":[{"start":14.71,"end":16.16,"text":"I'll try some coffee now Manolo."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to request refreshments. The brief interaction focused solely on the President's request for coffee. No policy matters or significant administrative decisions were addressed during this short exchange.","topics":["Presidential staff","Manolo Sanchez","Daily operations","Personal assistance"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:43:22.615Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-staff","manolo-sanchez","daily-operations","personal-assistance"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"250-029.mp3","bytes":706014,"durationSec":17.52,"bitrate":322354,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/250-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/250-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/250/conversation-250-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}