{"conversationCode":"253-042","tapeNumber":253,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-253-042","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T23:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T23:35:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"7:35 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"7:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 7:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-042 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. 253-42\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: 7:35 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez\n\n     President’s call to Nancy Hanks\n\nSanchez left at 7:35 pm\n\n                                                                    Conversation\n                                                                    Conv. No. 253-45\n                                                                                 No. 253-43\n                                                                                     (cont.)\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: 7:35 pm - 7:36 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-149]\n\nThe President talked with Nancy Hanks between 7:35 pm and 7:36 pm\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-149]","filename":["253-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:11:12","tapeEnd":"03:11:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"253-041","nextCode":"253-043","transcript":[{"start":0.09,"end":1.46,"text":"I've not seen the country."},{"start":1.5,"end":3.29,"text":"He's not in your life, sir."},{"start":3.35,"end":3.45,"text":"Who?"},{"start":3.55,"end":5,"text":"I've not seen the country."},{"start":5.06,"end":5.28,"text":"Hurry up."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, before placing a brief administrative call to Nancy Hanks, the Chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Arts. The brief exchange highlights the logistics of Nixon’s internal communications as he coordinated through his staff to reach Hanks. No substantive policy matters were recorded during this brief transition between meetings.","topics":["Nancy Hanks","Manolo Sanchez","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:56:43.443Z"},"topicSlugs":["nancy-hanks","manolo-sanchez","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"253-042.mp3","bytes":227451,"durationSec":5.55,"bitrate":327908,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/253-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/253-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/253/conversation-253-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}