Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 256 › Conversation 256-025

Nixon, Bull & Sanchez on White House administration and Staff coordination

Tuesday, June 1, 1971 · 6:28 PM–7:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Sanchez, ManoloConversation256-025 on Tape 256 (tape position 00:37:54–00:38:44)StartTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 6:28 PMEndTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 7:35 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 256-025 ↗

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull and his personal valet Manolo Sanchez in the Old Executive Office Building to review and coordinate the President’s upcoming schedule. The discussion focused on logistical planning and administrative arrangements for the President's official commitments. No major policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative consultation.

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On June 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:28 pm and 7:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 256-025 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 256-25

Date: June 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:28 pm and 7:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Stephen B. Bull

     President’s schedule

Manolo Sanchez entered room at an unknown time after 6:28 pm

     President’s schedule

Sanchez and Bull left at an unknown time before 7:35 pm
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Conversation 256-025, June 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/256-025 (accessed October 10, 2026).