{"conversationCode":"280-001","tapeNumber":280,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-280-001","startDateTime":"1971-09-23T13:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-23T14:01:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Sep-1971","startTime":"9:15 AM","endDate":"23-Sep-1971","endTime":"10:01 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On September 23, 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 9:15 am and 10:01 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 280-001 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. 280-1\n\nDate: September 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:15 am and 10:01 am\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 07/16/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[280-001-w001]\n[Duration: 1m]\n\n       The President's pen\n              -September 22, 1971\n              -Potential location\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 10:01 am.","filename":["280-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:00:30","tapeEnd":"00:02:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"279-054","nextCode":"280-002","transcript":[{"start":0.38,"end":0.97,"text":"I'll take care of it."},{"start":0.99,"end":1.29,"text":"Thanks, sir."},{"start":1.31,"end":1.55,"text":"Thanks, sir."},{"start":1.57,"end":2.06,"text":"Changed last night."},{"start":2.08,"end":2.35,"text":"You did what?"},{"start":2.42,"end":2.7,"text":"I did what?"},{"start":2.76,"end":3.36,"text":"That's what I have on here."},{"start":30.31,"end":39.92,"text":"Well, and maybe I left it in the, uh... Ah, take that now."},{"start":39.94,"end":40.42,"text":"What's this?"},{"start":40.44,"end":53.85,"text":"The, uh... Oh, you can have a check over there."},{"start":53.87,"end":55.11,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss the retrieval and handling of a specific pen. The brief exchange centers on locating an item that had been misplaced or relocated the previous evening. The President directs Sanchez to secure the object, concluding the short administrative interaction.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Personal effects","White House administration","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:06:50.832Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","personal-effects","white-house-administration","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":60,"audioFiles":[{"file":"280-001.mp3","bytes":2424999,"durationSec":60.49,"bitrate":320724,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.614Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/280-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/280-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/280/conversation-280-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}