{"conversationCode":"251-004","tapeNumber":251,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-251-004","startDateTime":"1971-04-20T19:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-20T19:39:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1971","startTime":"2:38 PM","endDate":"20-Apr-1971","endTime":"2:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On April 20, 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 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 251-004 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. 251-4\n\nDate: April 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:38 pm and 2:39 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 2:39 pm","filename":["251-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:28","tapeEnd":"00:03:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"251-003","nextCode":"251-005","transcript":[{"start":4.44,"end":5.36,"text":"Try a cigar."},{"start":5.46,"end":6.98,"text":"Here, sir."},{"start":7.02,"end":11.19,"text":"Too cold in the porch?"},{"start":12.67,"end":13.47,"text":"So-so."},{"start":13.83,"end":14.57,"text":"I'll go out there."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss the President’s upcoming schedule and personal comforts. The conversation centered on the ambient temperature on the porch, leading to Nixon’s decision to relocate his activities there. Sanchez also provided the President with a cigar during the brief interaction.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Manolo Sanchez","Personal staff","Daily routine"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:44:12.496Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","manolo-sanchez","personal-staff","daily-routine"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"251-004.mp3","bytes":807497,"durationSec":20.05,"bitrate":322234,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/251-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/251-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/251/conversation-251-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}