{"conversationCode":"253-041","tapeNumber":253,"conversationNumber":41,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-253-041","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 253-041 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. 253-41\n\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[253-041-w001]\n[Duration: 5m 16s]\n     Instruction to King Timahoe\n           -Come\n           -Go\n\n     Cigar\n\n     Instruction to King Timahoe\n           -Sit\n           -Praise\n\n     Request\n         -Television\n              -Baseball game\n\n     Florida trip\n\n     Manolo Sanchez’s schedule\n\n     Instructions\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 7:35 pm","filename":["253-041.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:04:55","tapeEnd":"03:11:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"253-040","nextCode":"253-042","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":0.79,"text":"O que?"},{"start":2.91,"end":3.94,"text":"O que?"},{"start":4.17,"end":4.46,"text":"O que?"},{"start":4.59,"end":5.16,"text":"O que?"},{"start":24.69,"end":28.92,"text":"O que é que é que é que é que é que é?"},{"start":55.08,"end":55.32,"text":"¿Qué?"},{"start":55.4,"end":55.5,"text":"¿Qué?"},{"start":86.24,"end":89.19,"text":"Ah, que, que, que, que, que, que, que."},{"start":136.13,"end":136.17,"text":"¡Ah!"},{"start":195.36,"end":204.85,"text":"Sí, señor."},{"start":242.3,"end":244,"text":"Música Música"},{"start":282.46,"end":283.14,"text":"Estas duas, serían..."},{"start":311.88,"end":313.11,"text":"Little white lights on there."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief, informal check-in. The discussion primarily centered on routine household and personal management, including commands for the President’s Irish Setter, King Timahoe, and a request for television access to watch a baseball game. The two also briefly touched upon logistics regarding an upcoming Florida trip and Sanchez’s personal work schedule.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","King Timahoe","Presidential routine","Florida trip","Personal staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:56:38.157Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","king-timahoe","presidential-routine","florida-trip","personal-staff"],"audioDurationSec":316,"audioFiles":[{"file":"253-041.mp3","bytes":12643973,"durationSec":315.95,"bitrate":320149,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.006Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/253-041.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/253-041","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/253/conversation-253-041","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}