{"conversationCode":"280-007","tapeNumber":280,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-280-007","startDateTime":"1971-09-23T14:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-23T15:15:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Sep-1971","startTime":"10:38 AM","endDate":"23-Sep-1971","endTime":"11:15 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 10:38 am and 11:15 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 280-007 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. 280-7\n\nDate: September 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:38 am and 11:15 am\n\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[280-007-w001]\n[Duration: 20s]\n\n       The President's pen\n              -Located in the President’s coat pocket\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 11:15 am.","filename":["280-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:04:26","tapeEnd":"01:15:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"280-006","nextCode":"280-008","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":1.03,"text":"No, they had, uh..."},{"start":1.07,"end":3.02,"text":"The pen was in my pocket."},{"start":3.12,"end":5.83,"text":"It was way down here."},{"start":5.85,"end":6.53,"text":"It was in this coat."},{"start":7.09,"end":7.91,"text":"Oh, good."},{"start":7.93,"end":11.4,"text":"Say, I'll worry about it."},{"start":16.07,"end":16.5,"text":"Okay."},{"start":16.62,"end":16.88,"text":"Here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, to locate a missing pen. After a brief search, they discovered the item tucked away in the pocket of the President's coat. The discussion was limited to the recovery of this personal possession and required no further administrative action.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Personal effects","White House operations","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:07:23.515Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","personal-effects","white-house-operations","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"280-007.mp3","bytes":683154,"durationSec":16.93,"bitrate":322863,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.614Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/280-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/280-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/280/conversation-280-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}