{"conversationCode":"504-016","tapeNumber":504,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-504-016","startDateTime":"1971-05-28T00:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-28T01:00:00.000Z","startDate":"27-May-1971","startTime":"8:27 PM","endDate":"27-May-1971","endTime":"9:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On May 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:27 pm and 9:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 504-016 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 504-16\n\nDate: May 27, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:27 pm and 9:00 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 13s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 9:00 pm.","filename":["504-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"06:37:06","tapeEnd":"06:38:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"504-015","nextCode":"504-017","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.1,"text":"Oh, I think good."},{"start":3.75,"end":5.95,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5.97,"end":6.15,"text":"Be ready."},{"start":6.17,"end":7.26,"text":"On nine o'clock."},{"start":7.28,"end":8.98,"text":"Don't be."},{"start":9.19,"end":11.15,"text":"Do you want your card, sir?"},{"start":11.8,"end":12.18,"text":"Take it."},{"start":12.52,"end":12.98,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":13,"end":13.9,"text":"See if you can be ready for nine."},{"start":13.92,"end":14.12,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to coordinate logistics for an upcoming engagement. The President instructed Sanchez to be prepared for a nine o'clock departure or event. The brief exchange concluded with the exchange of a card and final instructions regarding timing.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House staff","Manolo Sanchez","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:30:16.191Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-staff","manolo-sanchez","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"504-016.mp3","bytes":569256,"durationSec":14.08,"bitrate":323420,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/504-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/504-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/504/conversation-504-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}