{"conversationCode":"251-016","tapeNumber":251,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-251-016","startDateTime":"1971-04-27T17:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-27T18:25:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Apr-1971","startTime":"1:11 PM","endDate":"27-Apr-1971","endTime":"2:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On April 27, 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 1:11 pm and 2:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 251-016 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. 251-16\n\nDate: April 27, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:11 pm and 2:25 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 07/20/2018.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[251-016-w001]\n[Duration: 9s]\n\n       Refreshment order\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 2:25 pm","filename":["251-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:16:11","tapeEnd":"00:16:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"251-015","nextCode":"251-017","transcript":[{"start":1.87,"end":3.94,"text":"Oh, I'm sorry."},{"start":4.05,"end":6.68,"text":"He'll be there."},{"start":6.72,"end":7.1,"text":"Some tea."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to handle a minor administrative matter. The discussion centered on a request for refreshments, specifically an order for tea. This brief interaction concluded quickly as Sanchez attended to the President's personal needs.","topics":["White House staff","Presidential valet","refreshments","daily operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:45:18.686Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-staff","presidential-valet","refreshments","daily-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"251-016.mp3","bytes":403122,"durationSec":9.95,"bitrate":324203,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.006Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/251-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/251-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/251/conversation-251-016","catalogNaId":417183549,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417183549","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}