Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 672 › Conversation 672-006

Nixon, Bull & Sanchez on Richard Kleindienst and White House administration

Tuesday, February 15, 1972 · 12:47 PM–12:56 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.;  Sanchez, ManoloConversation672-006 onTape 672 (tape position 03:50:11–03:52:28)StartTuesday, February 15, 1972 at 12:47 PMEndTuesday, February 15, 1972 at 12:56 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 672-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and Manolo Sanchez to coordinate his daily schedule and manage logistical arrangements, including the transport of personal items like books between the Oval Office and the Executive Office Building. The President focused on scheduling a meeting with Richard Kleindienst and sought to confirm the availability of an associate, identified in the transcript as Clayton, for a discussion regarding upcoming professional commitments. These routine administrative exchanges underscored the President's efforts to maintain control over his calendar and internal workflow.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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3:51:12Why don't you give Clayton a call and see if he's free to come over.
3:51:17If he isn't able to do it today, then I will do it tomorrow.
3:51:22I'll come back to Kent David's folks.
3:51:33at 4.30 tomorrow, it's fine.
3:51:35If he's not free, he may get lunch.
3:51:37If he's lunch, I want him.
3:51:40Or maybe he's expecting to do it tomorrow anyway.
3:51:43Or maybe we should do it before the curbs is out and so forth.
3:51:47Don't you think so?
3:51:49Shall we say 4.30 tomorrow?
3:51:52And then I'll submit it.
3:51:55Yeah, go ahead.
3:52:06I'll see, I'll see Plankton tomorrow at 4.30.

NARA Description

On February 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 12:56 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 672-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 672-6

Date: February 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:47 pm and 12:56 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President’s schedule
          -Richard Kleindienst meeting
               -Timing
          -Barber
          -Timing

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:47 pm.

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:56 pm.

     Briefcase

     Black books
          -Executive Office Building [EOB]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 13s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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     Books
         -EOB

     Refreshment

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 19s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:56 pm.

Also recorded on February 15, 1972

  • 672-002 9:12 AM · 3 hr 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Rose Mary Woods, Ronald L. Ziegler, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Dwight L. Chapin, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:12 am to 12:47 pm.
  • 020-096 10:30 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 10:45 am.
  • 020-097 10:45 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 10:45 am to 10:47 am.
  • 672-003 12:47 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 12:56 pm.
  • 672-004 12:47 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 12:56 pm.
  • 672-005 12:47 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 12:56 pm.
  • 672-007 12:56 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Rose Mary Woods, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:56 pm to 1:30 pm.
  • 672-008 1:30 PM · 36 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 672-006, February 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/672-006 (accessed September 18, 2026).