{"conversationCode":"334-029","tapeNumber":334,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-334-029","startDateTime":"1972-05-02T17:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-02T20:38:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1972","startTime":"1:23 PM","endDate":"2-May-1972","endTime":"4:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On May 2, 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 1:23 pm and 4:38 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 334-029 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. 334-29\n\nDate: May 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:23 pm and 4:38 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     Private memoranda\n           -Filing\n\n     Tape recorder\n          -Problem\n               -Repair\n\n     Briefcase\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 4:38 pm.","filename":["334-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:22:11","tapeEnd":"02:23:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"334-028","nextCode":"334-030","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":12.98,"text":"Well, now look, these are for private files."},{"start":13,"end":19.93,"text":"And I want to tell you, too, you don't need to take it out now."},{"start":19.95,"end":20.92,"text":"This machine has got about this far of stuff."},{"start":20.94,"end":21.26,"text":"It sticks."},{"start":21.28,"end":23.22,"text":"It's got over about this far right there."},{"start":23.62,"end":41.16,"text":"And, uh, so I, I caught it a long time ago, so I didn't have to take one."},{"start":41.18,"end":41.9,"text":"So, this machine has to be repaired."},{"start":41.92,"end":42.56,"text":"The smallest one, I almost said."},{"start":42.58,"end":43.08,"text":"And, uh, I can come back."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss the organization of private files and the maintenance of a malfunctioning tape recorder. The President directed Sanchez to handle specific documents for his personal records while noting that the recording equipment was experiencing mechanical failures. Consequently, Nixon requested that the device be sent for professional repairs to restore its functionality.","topics":["White House administration","Tape recorder maintenance","Personal archives","Manolo Sanchez","Presidential files"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:43:54.016Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","tape-recorder-maintenance","personal-archives","manolo-sanchez","presidential-files"],"audioDurationSec":43,"audioFiles":[{"file":"334-029.mp3","bytes":1730138,"durationSec":43.11,"bitrate":321049,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.908Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/334-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/334-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/334/conversation-334-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}