{"conversationCode":"296-004","tapeNumber":296,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-296-004","startDateTime":"1971-11-14T18:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-14T22:01:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Nov-1971","startTime":"1:19 PM","endDate":"14-Nov-1971","endTime":"5:01 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 1:19 pm and 5:01 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 296-004 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. 296-4\n\nDate: November 14, 1971\nTime: 1:19 pm - unknown before 5:01 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 04/29/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[296-004-w001]\n[Duration: 18s]\n\n     Clothing\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 5:01 pm.","filename":["296-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:03:49","tapeEnd":"00:04:22","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"296-003","nextCode":"296-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.18,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":2.9,"end":5.83,"text":"Yeah, good."},{"start":8.49,"end":10.16,"text":"Great."},{"start":10.98,"end":11.7,"text":"Maybe... What do you think?"},{"start":11.72,"end":15.37,"text":"Don't you think it's easier?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief discussion regarding his personal attire. The interaction focused on the selection and suitability of specific clothing items for the President. No major policy decisions or political matters were addressed during this short exchange.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Presidential attire","Personal valet","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:51:38.490Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","presidential-attire","personal-valet","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"296-004.mp3","bytes":735399,"durationSec":18.25,"bitrate":322329,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.955Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/296-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/296-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/296/conversation-296-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}