{"conversationCode":"279-053","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":53,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-053","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T23:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T23:56:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"7:09 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"7:56 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 7:09 pm and 7:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-053 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. 279-53\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:09 pm and 7:56 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 04/09/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[279-053-w001]\n[Duration: 38s]\n\n       The President's suits\n              -Arrival\n              -Number\n              -Color\n              -Instructions from President\n                      -Zosimo T. Monzon\n                      -Packing\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 7:56 pm.","filename":["279-053.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"279-052","nextCode":"279-054","transcript":[{"start":0.08,"end":1.1,"text":"Did my suits come yet?"},{"start":1.2,"end":1.46,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":1.48,"end":7.54,"text":"You have come with six suits, two sports clothes, and three slacks."},{"start":8.38,"end":9.79,"text":"They come today about one cloth."},{"start":10.99,"end":13.01,"text":"Six suits, yeah."},{"start":13.05,"end":15.11,"text":"You tell Watson, don't put them in there."},{"start":15.19,"end":15.95,"text":"Don't move anything."},{"start":15.97,"end":22.43,"text":"I don't want to see them before I... Well, he put ready and hand me the cloths to wait and see."},{"start":22.91,"end":23.81,"text":"He hand me one, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss the delivery and organization of his new clothing. Nixon specifically instructed Sanchez to ensure that his personal assistant, Arthur Watson, did not alter the arrangement of the items. The conversation reflects the President's preference for maintaining strict control over his personal effects and wardrobe management.","topics":["White House staff","personal management","Richard Nixon","Manolo Sanchez","wardrobe"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:06:39.397Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-staff","personal-management","richard-nixon","manolo-sanchez","wardrobe"],"audioDurationSec":41,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-053.mp3","bytes":1641342,"durationSec":40.88,"bitrate":321180,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:15.372Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-053.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-053","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-053","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}