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Nixon & Sanchez on Stephen B. Bull and Barber appointment

Tuesday, January 30, 1973 · 1:23 PM–5:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, ManoloConversation406-015 on Tape 406StartTuesday, January 30, 1973 at 1:23 PMEndTuesday, January 30, 1973 at 5:30 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 406-015 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, to coordinate late-afternoon logistics. The primary topic of the brief discussion concerned the scheduling of a barber appointment for the President. The conversation concluded with the President confirming the timing of this commitment with Stephen B. Bull.

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Tell a lot.
Steve, we hit the firebird at 5.30.

On January 30, 1973, 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 5:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-015 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 406-15

Date: January 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

       President's schedule
             -Barber's appointment
                    -Stephen B. Bull

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:30 pm.
  • 036-119 1:23 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 406-011 1:23 PM · 27 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 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 406-012 1:23 PM · 13 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 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 406-013 1:23 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 406-014 1:23 PM · 40 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 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 406-016 1:23 PM · 31 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 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 406-017 1:23 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 406-018 1:23 PM · 13 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 1:23 pm and 5:30 pm.

Conversation 406-015, January 30, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/406-015 (accessed October 6, 2026).