{"conversationCode":"253-001","tapeNumber":253,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-253-001","startDateTime":"1971-05-07T17:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-07T18:08:00.000Z","startDate":"7-May-1971","startTime":"1:03 PM","endDate":"7-May-1971","endTime":"2:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On May 7, 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 1:03 pm and 2:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-001 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. 253-1\n\nDate: May 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:03 pm and 2:08 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 09/11/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[253-001-w001]\n[Duration: 35s]\n\n     Weather\n         -Temperature\n\n     Request\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 2:08 pm","filename":["253-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:00:40","tapeEnd":"00:01:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"252-044","nextCode":"253-002","transcript":[{"start":9.37,"end":22.58,"text":"Got a cold in here?"},{"start":27.58,"end":31.96,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":33.67,"end":34.29,"text":"Hello."},{"start":34.35,"end":34.65,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The brief exchange centered on the comfort of the workspace, specifically addressing the temperature and the presence of a cold draft in the office. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were recorded during this interaction.","topics":["Presidential staff","White House operations","personal valet","work environment"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:52:57.190Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-staff","white-house-operations","personal-valet","work-environment"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"253-001.mp3","bytes":1398781,"durationSec":34.85,"bitrate":321143,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.006Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:11.626Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/253-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/253-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/253/conversation-253-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}