{"conversationCode":"307-026","tapeNumber":307,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-307-026","startDateTime":"1971-12-08T20:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-08T20:55:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Dec-1971","startTime":"3:55 PM","endDate":"8-Dec-1971","endTime":"3:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On December 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 307-026 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. 307-026\n\nDate: December 8, 1971\nTime: 3:55 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -John N. Mitchell\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/11/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[307-026-w001]\n[Duration: 36s]\n\n       Wall clock\n              -Broken\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n                       -Manolo Sanchez’s opinion\n                       -The President’s opinion\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at 3:55 pm.","filename":["307-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:50:18","tapeEnd":"00:51:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"307-025","nextCode":"307-027","transcript":[{"start":0.79,"end":6.88,"text":"That's hot."},{"start":6.9,"end":7.86,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":8.2,"end":13.41,"text":"So for the first day... Oh, hey."},{"start":13.43,"end":13.79,"text":"That's a nice one."},{"start":13.81,"end":24.2,"text":"There are many people going to this rock."},{"start":24.22,"end":24.62,"text":"It's a bit touching."},{"start":32.99,"end":37.21,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his valet, Manolo Sanchez, briefly met in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss the status of a broken wall clock. The conversation was informal and focused on their personal observations regarding the item's condition. No significant administrative or policy decisions were reached during this short interaction.","topics":["White House operations","Manolo Sanchez","Personal correspondence","Office maintenance"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:20:03.044Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","manolo-sanchez","personal-correspondence","office-maintenance"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"307-026.mp3","bytes":1492950,"durationSec":37.19,"bitrate":321163,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:18.808Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/307-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/307-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/307/conversation-307-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}