{"conversationCode":"272-015","tapeNumber":272,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-272-015","startDateTime":"1971-08-11T19:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-11T19:52:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Aug-1971","startTime":"3:45 PM","endDate":"11-Aug-1971","endTime":"3:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On August 11, 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 3:45 pm and 3:52 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 272-015 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 272-015\n\nDate: August 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:45 pm and 3:52 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 04/04/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[272-015-w001]\n[Duration: 36s]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n     Request\n         -Pipe\n                 -Location\n                      -Lincoln Room\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 3:52 pm.","filename":["272-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:02:56","tapeEnd":"02:04:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"272-014","nextCode":"272-016","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":5.45,"text":"Could you bring one of my pipes over here, please?"},{"start":5.61,"end":12.44,"text":"I took it out, I think."},{"start":14.86,"end":15.97,"text":"There's two over there now."},{"start":16.77,"end":18.25,"text":"There's two in the Lincoln room."},{"start":18.57,"end":22.55,"text":"Another one has it."},{"start":22.57,"end":23.86,"text":"I know there was one."},{"start":23.88,"end":27.36,"text":"It seemed to me that I had two in the Lincoln room."},{"start":27.38,"end":28.28,"text":"This one was here."},{"start":28.3,"end":29.25,"text":"This one was here."},{"start":34.12,"end":34.8,"text":"Come on."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, to coordinate the retrieval of personal items from the Lincoln Room. The conversation focused on locating and bringing the President's pipes to his office in the Executive Office Building. This brief interaction highlights the routine administrative and personal assistance provided by the domestic staff to the President.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Personal staff","Lincoln Room","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:37:21.005Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","personal-staff","lincoln-room","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"272-015.mp3","bytes":1480411,"durationSec":36.88,"bitrate":321121,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:14.385Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/272-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/272-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/272/conversation-272-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}