{"conversationCode":"253-040","tapeNumber":253,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-253-040","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T23:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T23:35:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"7:10 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"7:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On May 26, 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 7:10 pm and 7:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-040 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. 253-40\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:10 pm and 7:35 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[253-040-w001]\n[Duration: 16s]\n\n     Request\n         -Bring King Timahoe\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 7:35 pm","filename":["253-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:03:43","tapeEnd":"03:04:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"253-039","nextCode":"253-041","transcript":[{"start":0.55,"end":2.76,"text":"Why don't you bring the team over here?"},{"start":2.78,"end":3.96,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5.1,"end":5.44,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":7.6,"end":8.62,"text":"Nothing with the feed?"},{"start":8.68,"end":10.74,"text":"No, we're... Let me..."},{"start":11.88,"end":12.9,"text":"The joke is in here."},{"start":13.21,"end":13.59,"text":"Oh, jokes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss administrative tasks and personal arrangements. During the brief interaction, the President requested that his Irish Setter, King Timahoe, be brought to his office. The conversation also included a minor exchange regarding the location of prepared jokes.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","King Timahoe","White House staff","Presidential routine","personal staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:56:32.464Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","king-timahoe","white-house-staff","presidential-routine","personal-staff"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"253-040.mp3","bytes":660039,"durationSec":16.35,"bitrate":322869,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/253-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/253-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/253/conversation-253-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}