{"conversationCode":"278-063","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":63,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-063","startDateTime":"1971-09-16T15:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-16T17:45:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"11:50 AM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"1:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On September 16, 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 11:50 am and 1:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-063 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. 278-63\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:50 am and 1:45 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 04/03/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[278-063-w001]\n[Duration: 8s]\n\n       Request\n             -Coffee\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 1:45 pm.","filename":["278-063.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:10:40","tapeEnd":"03:12:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"278-062","nextCode":"278-064","transcript":[{"start":0.21,"end":3.62,"text":"Here's a little coffee now, Mr. Edwards."},{"start":3.64,"end":4.44,"text":"Keepin' the big one here, huh?"},{"start":4.46,"end":5.98,"text":"You gotta send it over to Ben."},{"start":6.08,"end":8.51,"text":"Get on with it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to attend to routine administrative needs within the Old Executive Office Building. During the brief interaction, Sanchez served the President coffee and received instructions regarding the distribution of beverages to staff members. The discussion remained focused exclusively on these minor personal and logistical tasks.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","White House operations","personal staff","daily routine"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:00:44.912Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","white-house-operations","personal-staff","daily-routine"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-063.mp3","bytes":403122,"durationSec":9.95,"bitrate":324280,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-063.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-063","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-063","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}