{"conversationCode":"278-073","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":73,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-073","startDateTime":"1971-09-16T19:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-16T20:00:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"3:43 PM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"4:00 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 3:43 pm and 4:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-073 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. 278-73\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:43 pm and 4:00 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[278-073-w001]\n[Duration: 20s]\n\n       Request\n             -Tea\n\n       King Timahoe\n              -Praise\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 4:00 pm.","filename":["278-073.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:57:03","tapeEnd":"04:00:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"278-072","nextCode":"279-001","transcript":[{"start":0.19,"end":2.81,"text":"Get a martini, please."},{"start":4.75,"end":5.51,"text":"Get up, big boy."},{"start":6.58,"end":7.04,"text":"Hey, boy."},{"start":7.7,"end":8.12,"text":"Hey, boy."},{"start":8.42,"end":8.98,"text":"Hey, boy."},{"start":9.54,"end":10.24,"text":"Come on, big boy."},{"start":10.88,"end":12.6,"text":"Come on, my boy."},{"start":12.64,"end":13.3,"text":"My boy."},{"start":13.32,"end":14.34,"text":"Yeah, good old boy."},{"start":14.4,"end":15.12,"text":"Good boy."},{"start":15.16,"end":17.8,"text":"Yeah, good boy."},{"start":18.1,"end":19.45,"text":"Yeah, good boy."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacts informally with Manolo Sanchez, his personal valet, in the Old Executive Office Building. The exchange focuses on the President requesting a martini and engaging in friendly, affectionate banter with his staff member. No policy matters or significant administrative decisions are addressed during this brief personal encounter.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Presidential staff","personal aide","White House domestic life"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:01:40.657Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","presidential-staff","personal-aide","white-house-domestic-life"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-073.mp3","bytes":829440,"durationSec":20.61,"bitrate":322009,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:15.203Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-073.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-073","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-073","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}