{"conversationCode":"304-004","tapeNumber":304,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-304-004","startDateTime":"1971-10-25T18:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-25T18:37:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Oct-1971","startTime":"2:10 PM","endDate":"25-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On October 25, 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 2:10 pm and 2:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 304-004 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. 304-4\n\nDate: October 25, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:10 pm and 2:37 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 09/25/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[304-004-w001]\n[Duration: 31s]\n\n     Food\n\n     Manolo Sanchez’s schedule\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 2:37 pm.","filename":["304-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:10:08","tapeEnd":"00:11:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"304-003","nextCode":"304-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.47,"text":"They're all right."},{"start":2.55,"end":3.58,"text":"I could take one."},{"start":3.6,"end":7.78,"text":"I took one and chopped up."},{"start":7.92,"end":8.68,"text":"I can't put it."},{"start":8.7,"end":14.75,"text":"I took one and just chopped up the spine."},{"start":15.55,"end":16.35,"text":"Very good."},{"start":16.37,"end":21.62,"text":"No, tomorrow I go to the International and I can't have the other kind."},{"start":21.78,"end":28.81,"text":"I ask India and they go all day long."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss mundane household and logistical matters. The conversation focused on food preferences and the coordination of Sanchez’s upcoming professional schedule. No significant policy decisions were reached during this brief interaction.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","White House domestic staff","Personal schedule","Food"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:14:24.016Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","white-house-domestic-staff","personal-schedule","food"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"304-004.mp3","bytes":1229636,"durationSec":30.61,"bitrate":321409,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.955Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/304-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/304-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/304/conversation-304-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}