{"conversationCode":"254-003","tapeNumber":254,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-254-003","startDateTime":"1971-05-28T17:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-28T19:00:00.000Z","startDate":"28-May-1971","startTime":"1:18 PM","endDate":"28-May-1971","endTime":"3:00 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 3:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 254-003 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. 254-3\n\nDate: May 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:18 pm and 3:00 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -An unknown man\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 3:00 pm","filename":["254-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:04:01","tapeEnd":"00:05:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"254-002","nextCode":"254-004","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":0.61,"text":"Be here."},{"start":0.63,"end":1.84,"text":"Three o'clock."},{"start":2.2,"end":2.51,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.95,"end":3.43,"text":"Behind me, sir."},{"start":3.47,"end":4.08,"text":"Be here."},{"start":4.26,"end":4.66,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to coordinate logistics for an upcoming engagement. The discussion focused on establishing a specific meeting time and location for later that afternoon. Following these brief instructions, the President directed Sanchez to be prepared to meet at 3:00 p.m.","topics":["White House logistics","Manolo Sanchez","Presidential schedule","staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:57:16.529Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-logistics","manolo-sanchez","presidential-schedule","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"254-003.mp3","bytes":222354,"durationSec":5.43,"bitrate":327764,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.007Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:11.797Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/254-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/254-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/254/conversation-254-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}