Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 521 › Conversation 521-010

Nixon, Bull & Sanchez on Pentagon Papers and New York Times

Tuesday, June 15, 1971 · 4:30 PM–4:40 PM ET · Oval Office ·1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.;  Sanchez, ManoloConversation521-010 onTape 521 (tape position 02:02:34–02:04:48)StartTuesday, June 15, 1971 at 4:30 PMEndTuesday, June 15, 1971 at 4:40 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 521-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate upcoming appointments with Kenneth B. Keating and Henry A. Kissinger. Following Bull's departure, Manolo Sanchez joined the President to discuss the ongoing fallout from the publication of the Pentagon Papers in The New York Times. The brief exchange focused on administrative scheduling and the immediate impact of the security leak.

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Well, but then I see it.
I don't want to take too long.
One of the things in New York,

NARA Description

On June 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 521-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 521-10

Date: June 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:30 pm and 4:40 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     President's schedule
           -Kenneth B. Keating meeting
           -Henry A. Kissinger meeting

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:40 pm.

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 4:30 pm.

     Pentagon Papers
          -New York Times

The President and Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:40 pm.

Also recorded on June 15, 1971

  • 521-006 2:58 PM · 29 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:58 pm and 3:19 pm.
  • 521-007 3:19 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:19 pm to 3:31 pm.
  • 521-008 3:32 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Arthur K. Watson, and Col. Richard T. Kennedy met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:32 pm to 3:44 pm.
  • 521-009 3:45 PM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:45 pm to 4:30 pm.
  • 521-011 4:30 PM · 4 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:40 pm.
  • 521-012 4:40 PM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:40 pm to 5:13 pm.
  • 521-013 5:13 PM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Kenneth B. Keating, Henry A. Kissinger, White House photographer, Manolo Sanchez, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:13 pm to 6:03 pm.
  • 005-079 6:03 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:03 pm and 6:21 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 521-010, June 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/521-010 (accessed September 18, 2026).