{"conversationCode":"285-029","tapeNumber":285,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-285-029","startDateTime":"1971-10-07T17:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-07T18:43:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Oct-1971","startTime":"1:25 PM","endDate":"7-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On October 7, 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 1:25 pm and 2:43 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-029 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. 285-029\n\nDate: October 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:25 pm and 2:43 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 07/22/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[285-029-w001]\n[Duration: 8s]\n\n     Request [?]\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez [?] left at an unknown time before 2:43 pm.\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["285-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:19:12","tapeEnd":"03:19:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"285-028","nextCode":"285-030","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.13,"text":"They dropped it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss a brief, undefined request. The interaction was short and lacks significant political or administrative substance, serving primarily as a routine exchange between the President and his staff member. No major policy decisions or executive actions resulted from this brief encounter.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","White House staff","Presidential valet","Personal affairs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:28:43.896Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","white-house-staff","presidential-valet","personal-affairs"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"285-029.mp3","bytes":323725,"durationSec":7.95,"bitrate":325734,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:16.146Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/285-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/285-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/285/conversation-285-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}