{"conversationCode":"298-009","tapeNumber":298,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-298-009","startDateTime":"1971-11-11T18:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-11T20:07:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Nov-1971","startTime":"1:16 PM","endDate":"11-Nov-1971","endTime":"3:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On November 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 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 298-009 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. 298-9\n\nDate: November 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     Pen\n\n     Glasses\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 3:07 pm.","filename":["298-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:10:26","tapeEnd":"02:11:57","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"298-008","nextCode":"298-010","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.91,"text":"Well, this pen was leaking out of the front because I had it on the plane."},{"start":5.93,"end":7.13,"text":"It got out of my hands."},{"start":7.15,"end":8.86,"text":"So if you could, I could wash it off and put a new thing in it."},{"start":8.88,"end":9.06,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":9.08,"end":10.06,"text":"And also get the glasses over there."},{"start":10.52,"end":11.22,"text":"Sure."},{"start":11.24,"end":11.43,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to attend to minor administrative and maintenance tasks within the Oval Office. The two discussed the repair of a leaking pen that had malfunctioned during recent air travel and the retrieval of a pair of eyeglasses. Sanchez agreed to handle these requests, ensuring the President's personal items were cleaned and properly maintained.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Personal staff","White House operations","Valet services"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:57:53.275Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","personal-staff","white-house-operations","valet-services"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"298-009.mp3","bytes":484640,"durationSec":11.96,"bitrate":324043,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/298-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/298-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/298/conversation-298-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}