{"conversationCode":"279-012","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-012","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T16:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T16:55:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"12:24 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"12:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On September 22, 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 12:24 pm and 12:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-012 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. 279-12\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:24 pm and 12:55 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 04/08/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[279-012-w001]\n[Duration: 3s]\n\n       Request\n\f              -Tea\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 12:55 pm.","filename":["279-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:37:00","tapeEnd":"01:40:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"279-011","nextCode":"279-013","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":1.07,"text":"I'd like a martini."},{"start":1.19,"end":1.51,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss personal refreshments. During the brief interaction, the President requested a martini. The exchange concludes with Sanchez acknowledging the request and departing to fulfill it.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Presidential staff","personal services","Richard M. Nixon"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:02:50.133Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","presidential-staff","personal-services","richard-m-nixon"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-012.mp3","bytes":160721,"durationSec":3.88,"bitrate":331724,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}