Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 398 › Conversation 398-010
Nixon, Rebozo & Bull on 1973 Inauguration and White House logistics
Friday, January 19, 1973 · 5:56 PM–6:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 20 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Charles G. "Bebe" Rebozo, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez to discuss final logistical details regarding the upcoming 1973 presidential inauguration ceremonies and schedule. The group coordinated seating arrangements for the Kennedy Center and clarified the President's role in various worship services and receiving lines. Additionally, the President addressed administrative matters, including the hiring of Rita de Santis and the proper operation of his personal dictation equipment.
- 1973 Inauguration
- White House logistics
- Scheduling
- Rita de Santis
- Dictation equipment
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NARA Description
On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 6:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 398-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 398-10
Date: January 19, 1973
Time: Unknown before 5:56 pm and 6:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo.
Greetings
Stephen B. Bull entered at 5:56 pm.
President's schedule
-Worship service
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Clergy
-President's role
-Mrs. Nixon
-Families
-Receiving lines
-Agnew
-President, Mrs. Nixon
-Worship service, Blue Room
-Seating at Kennedy Center
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham and wife
-J. Willard Marriott and wife
-Pamela Powell
-Grahams
-Marriotts
-Mrs. Nixon
-President
-Mamie G. D. Eisenhower
-Marriotts
-Tricia Nixon Cox, Edward R. F. Cox
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Nixon family
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 398-10 (cont’d)
-Marriotts, Grahams
-Rearranging seats
Bull left at an unknown time before 6:15 pm.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Rebozo’s schedule
-Event
-Rose Mary Woods
Hiring of Rita de Santis
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-Payroll
-Social Security
-Ehrlichman
-Kalmbach
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
President’s schedule
Rebozo’s schedule
-Watergate Shopping Mall
-President’s schedule
-President’s Inaugural speech
-Completion
Rebozo’s schedule
-Morale
Unknown man
-Support
Refreshments
-Manolo Sanchez
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 398-10 (cont’d)
President’s dictation machine
-Operation
-Daily entries
The President resumed dictation at 6:15 pm.
1973 Inauguration
-President’s Inaugural speech
-Completion
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.’s comment
-Past Inaugurations
-President’s involvement
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Foreign policy
Hiring of De Santis
-Rebozo
-Social security
1973 Inauguration
-President’s schedule
-Appearances
-Ceremony
-Parade
-Balls
The President stopped dictating at an unknown time before 6:40 pm.
President’s dictation machine
-Operation
-Sanchez
-Battery
-Tape length
Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:56 pm.
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-President’s schedule
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:40 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 398-10 (cont’d)
Unknown people
-Comments
-Age
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Rebozo left at an unknown time before 6:40 pm.Also recorded on January 19, 1973
- 398-009 5:24 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:24 pm to 5:55 pm.
- 036-008 6:15 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm.
- 036-009 6:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm.
- 398-011 6:15 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm.
- 398-012 6:15 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm.
- 398-013 6:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm.
- 398-014 6:15 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm.
- 398-015 6:15 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 398-010, January 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/398-010 (accessed October 11, 2026).