{"conversationCode":"279-042","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-042","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T22:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T22:49:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"6:48 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"6:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 from 6:48 pm to 6:49 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-042 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. 279-42\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: 6:48 pm - 6:49 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\f**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/09/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[279-042-w001]\n[Duration: 8s]\n\n       Dinner\n                -President’s favorite meal\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 6:49 pm.","filename":["279-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:41:33","tapeEnd":"03:41:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"279-041","nextCode":"279-043","transcript":[{"start":0.69,"end":1.24,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":2.4,"end":4.26,"text":"Good, good, good."},{"start":4.33,"end":6.69,"text":"That's what I love."},{"start":8.86,"end":9.48,"text":"My favorite."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss dinner arrangements. The conversation focused on the President's preference for his favorite meal. No major policy decisions or significant administrative actions were recorded during this brief interaction.","topics":["White House staff","Presidential routine","Manolo Sanchez","personal services"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:05:39.094Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-staff","presidential-routine","manolo-sanchez","personal-services"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-042.mp3","bytes":409407,"durationSec":10.1,"bitrate":324159,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.614Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:15.371Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}