{"conversationCode":"331-017","tapeNumber":331,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-331-017","startDateTime":"1972-04-19T17:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-19T17:57:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Apr-1972","startTime":"12:17 PM","endDate":"19-Apr-1972","endTime":"12:57 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On April 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:57 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 331-017 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 331-17\n\nDate: April 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:17 pm and 12:57 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 10/15/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[331-017-w001]\n[Duration: 21s]\n\n       Request\n             -Lunch [?]\n                   -Consommé\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 12:57 pm.","filename":["331-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:59:11","tapeEnd":"04:00:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"331-016","nextCode":"331-018","transcript":[{"start":0.07,"end":23.22,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss personal arrangements. The conversation focused on the President's lunch requirements, specifically a request for consommé. No significant political or policy matters were addressed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Presidential staff","White House logistics","personal services"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:30:47.164Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","presidential-staff","white-house-logistics","personal-services"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"331-017.mp3","bytes":941244,"durationSec":23.39,"bitrate":321893,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.907Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/331-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/331-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/331/conversation-331-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}