Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 561 › Conversation 561-006
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on John D. Ehrlichman
Wednesday, August 11, 1971 · 11:40 AM–11:53 AM ET · Oval Office · 16 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate administrative logistics and manage his daily schedule. The discussion centered on finalizing the location for an upcoming meeting with John D. Ehrlichman, selecting between the Oval Office and the Executive Office Building, and managing the queue for pending bill signings. Additionally, the President issued a brief instruction to Manolo Sanchez regarding a delay on a specific, unspecified action.
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NARA Description
On August 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:40 am and 11:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 561-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 561-6
Date: August 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:40 am and 11:53 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
Briefcase
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:53 am.
Conv. No. 561-14
Conversation No. (cont.)
561-7
Date: August 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:40 am and 11:53 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President's schedule
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Location of forthcoming meeting
-Oval Office compared to Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Bills signing
-Number
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 11:40 am.
Instruction
-Delay on action
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:53 am.
President's schedule
-Wolf Trap
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Ehrlichman
-Bill signing
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:53 am.Also recorded on August 11, 1971
- 007-087 11:10 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Harmon Killebrew talked on the telephone from 11:10 am to 11:15 am.
- 007-164 11:15 AM · 6 sec — the White House operator and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 12:57 pm.
- 561-005 11:40 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:40 am and 11:53 am.
- 561-007 11:40 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:40 am and 11:53 am.
- 561-013 11:40 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:40 am and 11:53 am.
- 561-008 11:53 AM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:53 am to 12:51 pm.
- 561-009 12:51 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 12:57 pm.
- 561-010 12:51 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 12:57 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 561-006, August 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/561-006 (accessed October 9, 2026).