{"conversationCode":"287-016","tapeNumber":287,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-287-016","startDateTime":"1971-10-11T18:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-11T20:33:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Oct-1971","startTime":"2:49 PM","endDate":"11-Oct-1971","endTime":"4:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On October 11, 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 2:49 pm and 4:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 287-016 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. 287-16\n\nDate: October 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:49 pm and 4:33 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 09/24/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[287-016-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 8s]\n\n     Television\n\n     Request for items\n         -Gillette\n         -Tea\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 4:33 pm.","filename":["287-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:34:42","tapeEnd":"01:39:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"287-015","nextCode":"287-017","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":25.55,"text":"Manello, I'd like for you to get me one of those new kind erasers they advertise on here."},{"start":25.57,"end":26.76,"text":"They call it Gillette Two Blades."},{"start":26.78,"end":26.96,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":26.98,"end":28.72,"text":"They'll know what they want to do when they advertise it."},{"start":28.74,"end":28.96,"text":"Two Blades."},{"start":29.44,"end":35.08,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":35.09,"end":40.89,"text":"Hard tack and all that."},{"start":40.93,"end":49.12,"text":"But they'll have it."},{"start":49.14,"end":49.34,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":67.18,"end":70.77,"text":"Let's go."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to delegate several personal errands. The President requested that Sanchez procure specific items seen on television advertisements, including a new type of Gillette razor with two blades. Sanchez acknowledged these instructions before departing to fulfill the President’s request.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Personal requests","Consumer products","Gillette","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:32:39.712Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","personal-requests","consumer-products","gillette","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":72,"audioFiles":[{"file":"287-016.mp3","bytes":2879530,"durationSec":71.84,"bitrate":320642,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.616Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/287-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/287-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/287/conversation-287-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}