{"conversationCode":"253-005","tapeNumber":253,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-253-005","startDateTime":"1971-05-07T18:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-07T18:54:00.000Z","startDate":"7-May-1971","startTime":"2:08 PM","endDate":"7-May-1971","endTime":"2:54 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 2:08 pm and 2:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-005 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. 253-5\n\nDate: May 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:08 pm and 2:54 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[253-005-w001]\n[Duration: 5s]\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Meeting\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 2:54 pm","filename":["253-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:10:06","tapeEnd":"00:10:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"253-004","nextCode":"253-006","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":1.68,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.7,"end":4.03,"text":"This is the media, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss his daily schedule. The brief interaction focused on logistical arrangements for upcoming appointments. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative encounter.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Presidential schedule","White House logistics","Personal staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:53:19.156Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","presidential-schedule","white-house-logistics","personal-staff"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"253-005.mp3","bytes":195059,"durationSec":4.73,"bitrate":329855,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.696Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:11.627Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/253-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/253-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/253/conversation-253-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}