{"conversationCode":"293-026","tapeNumber":293,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-293-026","startDateTime":"1971-11-17T18:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-17T18:42:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1971","startTime":"1:32 PM","endDate":"17-Nov-1971","endTime":"1:42 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On November 17, 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 1:32 pm and 1:42 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 293-026 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. 293-26\n\nDate: November 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:32 pm and 1:42 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -California\n                -A meeting in Palm Springs\n\n     Delivery of something\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 1:42 pm.","filename":["293a.mp3","293b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:30:14","tapeEnd":"01:31:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"293-025","nextCode":"293-027","tapeTranscriptFile":"293a.mp3,293b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":5414.06,"end":5416.16,"text":"I'd like to ask you to bring your post up over there."},{"start":5416.38,"end":5425.5,"text":"We've got to decide if you want to get that out."},{"start":5425.6,"end":5431.74,"text":"I've got to come also."},{"start":5431.85,"end":5432.45,"text":"Are you busy now?"},{"start":5432.47,"end":5434.93,"text":"We may be going to California Wednesday night."},{"start":5438.53,"end":5438.81,"text":"Oh, good."},{"start":5441.27,"end":5441.71,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":5442.06,"end":5445.55,"text":"I don't understand what you're trying to say, sir."},{"start":5445.61,"end":5452.07,"text":"Just for, just for the sake of it, sir."},{"start":5452.09,"end":5456.17,"text":"Well, you've got a case."},{"start":5463.84,"end":5464.1,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5464.14,"end":5467.42,"text":"You can't actually do that kind of thing."},{"start":5467.46,"end":5468.32,"text":"You ready to go out there?"},{"start":5468.7,"end":5469.16,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5469.5,"end":5470.19,"text":"Like you did before?"},{"start":5473.15,"end":5474.49,"text":"Now I find the trick to..."},{"start":5478.15,"end":5487.49,"text":"I find the trick to keep the pen between one and four plus marks."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":5409.375,"end":5508,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss logistical arrangements regarding an upcoming trip to California. The conversation centered on the President's travel schedule to Palm Springs and the delivery of specific items for the excursion. During the brief exchange, Nixon inquired about Sanchez's readiness to assist with these tasks, mirroring procedures from previous trips.","topics":["Nixon, Richard M.","Sanchez, Manolo","Presidential travel","Palm Springs","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:46:24.676Z"},"topicSlugs":["nixon-richard-m","sanchez-manolo","presidential-travel","palm-springs","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":95,"audioFiles":[{"file":"293a.mp3","bytes":117642134,"durationSec":7352.55,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"293b.mp3","bytes":41164799,"durationSec":2572.71,"bitrate":128004,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/293a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/293b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/293-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/293/conversation-293-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}