Nixon White House TapesTape 893 › Conversation 893-022

Nixon & Bull on Manolo Sanchez and White House logistics

Wednesday, April 11, 1973 · 4:49 PM ET · Oval Office · 27 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation893-022 on Tape 893StartWednesday, April 11, 1973 at 4:49 PMEndWednesday, April 11, 1973 at 4:49 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 893-022 ↗

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to discuss the retrieval of a briefcase belonging to Manolo Sanchez. The exchange was brief, centering on the logistics of securing the item. No further substantive policy matters or major political decisions were recorded during this session.

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On April 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:49 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 893-022 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 893-22

Date: April 11, 1973
Time: 4:49 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

      Manolo Sanchez
          -Briefcase

The President and Bull left at 4:49 pm.
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  • 044-147 1:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 1:28 pm to 1:29 pm.
  • 044-148 1:29 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:29 pm and 1:34 pm.
  • 044-149 1:34 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:34 pm to 1:37 pm.
  • 893-018 2:59 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:59 pm and 3:05 pm.
  • 893-019 3:05 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Jack Pardee, Phyllis Lane (Perryman) Pardee, Charles R. Ebersol, Mary D. Ebersol, Lane W. Adams, Mrs. Lane W. Adams, Irving I. Rimer, Steve Barrie, Minnie Pearl, Henry Cannon, James H. Cavanaugh, White House photographer, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:05 pm to 3:15 pm.
  • 893-020 3:15 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:18 pm.
  • 893-021 3:18 PM · 2 hr 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:18 pm to 4:49 pm.

Conversation 893-022, April 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/893-022 (accessed September 18, 2026).