{"conversationCode":"280-002","tapeNumber":280,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-280-002","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 280-002 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. 280-2\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\n[Personal Returnable]\n[280-002-w001]\n[Duration: 18s]\n\n       Manolo Sanchez’s search for the President’s pen\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 10:01 am.","filename":["280-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:54","tapeEnd":"00:21:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"280-001","nextCode":"280-003","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":1.19,"text":"I get it."},{"start":1.23,"end":1.51,"text":"No, you don't."},{"start":2.13,"end":8.76,"text":"This one, if you're going to go in the draw, and I think it's the original, then this one is more straight."},{"start":9.1,"end":9.38,"text":"Straight, eh?"},{"start":9.4,"end":10.02,"text":"This one."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, engage in a brief, informal search for a specific pen within the President's office. The conversation centers on identifying the correct writing instrument among the items in a drawer. No significant policy or administrative decisions occur during this brief interaction.","topics":["Presidential staff","Manolo Sanchez","personal effects","Oval Office routine"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:06:56.097Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-staff","manolo-sanchez","personal-effects","oval-office-routine"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"280-002.mp3","bytes":786599,"durationSec":19.51,"bitrate":322483,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/280-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/280-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/280/conversation-280-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}