Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 793 › Conversation 793-015
Nixon, Bull & Sanchez on Speechwriting and Henry Kissinger
Friday, October 6, 1972 · 12:17 PM–12:27 PM ET · Oval Office ·1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his daily schedule and manage upcoming commitments, including speech revisions and meetings with Henry Kissinger and Alexander Haig. Manolo Sanchez joined the discussion briefly to facilitate transportation arrangements for the President's departure from the Oval Office. The conversation focused on logistical planning and the prioritization of the President’s administrative tasks at the White House.
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NARA Description
On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:27 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 793-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 793-15
Date: October 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:27 pm and 12:29 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Speech review
-Camp David
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Telephone call
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:27 pm.
Transportation
-Automobile
The President, Bull and Sanchez left at 12:29 pm.
(rev. Nov-03)Also recorded on October 6, 1972
- 031-152 12:14 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at 12:14 pm.
- 793-014 12:15 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, L. Venchael Booth, Paul R. Jones, Robert J. Brown, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:17 pm.
- 793-016 12:27 PM · 16 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 12:29 pm.
- 031-010 12:29 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm.
- 354-011 12:29 PM · 9 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 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
- 354-012 12:29 PM · 8 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 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
- 354-013 12:29 PM · 39 sec — 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 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm.
- 365-001 12:29 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on October 6, 1972 and 1:38 pm on October 9, 1972.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 793-015, October 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/793-015 (accessed September 18, 2026).