Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 906 › Conversation 906-015
Nixon, Bull & Sanchez on Willy Brandt and Diplomatic protocol
Friday, April 27, 1973 · 5:00 PM–5:37 PM ET · Oval Office · 4 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and Manolo Sanchez to review and streamline the upcoming presidential schedule, specifically concerning Congressional meetings and the logistics for West German Chancellor Willy Brandt’s state visit. The participants decided to scrub non-essential appointments to focus on key bipartisan leadership meetings and official diplomatic protocol. The discussion also touched on administrative coordination involving Henry E. Petersen and William E. Timmons regarding pending legislative matters.
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NARA Description
On April 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 906-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 906-15
Date: April 27, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:00 pm and 5:37 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President’s schedule
-Henry E. Petersen
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:00 pm.
Refreshment
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:37 pm.
President’s schedule
-Congressional bipartisan leadership
-William E. Timmons’s schedule
-Policy breakfast
-William J. Fulbright’s bill
-Congressional hearings
-Timmons, Henry A. Kissinger, William P. Rogers, [First name
unknown] Hammond [?]
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr
-Diplomatic credentials
-Congressional bipartisan leadership meeting
-Willy Brandt’s state visit
-Protocol
-Dinner
-Meeting with President
-Labor-Management Advisory Committee meeting
-George P. Shultz
-Otto Passman
-Delay
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Conversation No. 906-15 (cont’d)
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:37 pm.Also recorded on April 27, 1973
- 045-035 4:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:31 pm.
- 045-036 4:31 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen talked on the telephone from 4:31 pm to 4:35 pm.
- 906-010 4:31 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:31 pm to 4:35 pm.
- 906-011 4:35 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:41 pm.
- 906-012 4:41 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:41 pm to 5:00 pm.
- 906-013 5:00 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:37 pm.
- 906-014 5:00 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:37 pm.
- 906-016 5:00 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:37 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 906-015, April 27, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/906-015 (accessed October 5, 2026).