{"conversationCode":"254-001","tapeNumber":254,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-254-001","startDateTime":"1971-05-28T17:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-28T18:39:00.000Z","startDate":"28-May-1971","startTime":"1:18 PM","endDate":"28-May-1971","endTime":"2:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On May 28, 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 1:18 pm and 2:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 254-001 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. 254-1\n\nDate: May 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:18 pm and 2:39 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 09/12/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[254-001-w001]\n[Duration: 11s]\n\n     Air Force One\n          -Food\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 2:39 pm","filename":["254-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:00:44","tapeEnd":"00:03:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"253-045","nextCode":"254-002","transcript":[{"start":0.11,"end":3.94,"text":"No, no, whenever they serve, there's something here."},{"start":3.98,"end":7.24,"text":"We tell the boys to never put any lettuce."},{"start":7.4,"end":10.79,"text":"I don't like lettuce."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss personal preferences regarding meal service. During the brief exchange, the President specifically requested that lettuce be excluded from his food. The conversation reflects the routine coordination of the President's daily logistics and dietary requirements.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Nixon's personal staff","dietary preferences","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:57:05.163Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","nixons-personal-staff","dietary-preferences","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"254-001.mp3","bytes":474175,"durationSec":11.73,"bitrate":323466,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.006Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:11.797Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/254-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/254-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/254/conversation-254-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}