{"conversationCode":"296-002","tapeNumber":296,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-296-002","startDateTime":"1971-11-14T18:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-14T18:18:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Nov-1971","startTime":"1:14 PM","endDate":"14-Nov-1971","endTime":"1:18 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On November 14, 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 1:14 pm and 1:18 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 296-002 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. 296-2\n\nDate: November 14, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:14 pm and 1:18 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with an unknown person [Manolo Sanchez?].\n\n*****************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/29/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[296-002-w001]\n[Duration: 41s]\n\n     Request\n\n*****************************************************************************\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:18 pm.","filename":["296-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:00","tapeEnd":"00:03:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"296-001","nextCode":"296-003","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":4.18,"text":"Good night, Curtis."},{"start":32.5,"end":38.85,"text":"Here's one here."},{"start":38.87,"end":39.34,"text":"Let me talk to the man."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief meeting with his longtime valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The exchange appears to be a casual or routine interaction regarding personal staff tasks or administrative items. No substantive policy matters or major historical developments occurred during this short 41-second segment.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Valet services","White House administration","Personal staff","Presidential routine"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:51:27.338Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","valet-services","white-house-administration","personal-staff","presidential-routine"],"audioDurationSec":41,"audioFiles":[{"file":"296-002.mp3","bytes":1650730,"durationSec":41.13,"bitrate":321083,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.955Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/296-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/296-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/296/conversation-296-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}