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Nixon & Bull on Cabinet meeting

Friday, June 16, 1972 · 8:07 AM–8:37 AM ET · Oval Office · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation737-001 on Tape 737 (tape position 00:26:47–00:31:35)StartFriday, June 16, 1972 at 8:07 AMEndFriday, June 16, 1972 at 8:37 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 737-001 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417181487 ↗

A 19-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On June 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 8:37 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 737-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 737-1

Date: June 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:07 and 8:37 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

      The President's schedule
           -Cabinet meeting
                -Photographs

The President and Bull left at 8:37 am.

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Good morning, Mr. President.
All members of the cabinet are sitting on the rose garden steps.
On the rose garden steps, and then go inside and do the same thing.
You ready now?
Yes, sir.

Also recorded on June 16, 1972

  • 025-070 8:07 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 12:30 pm.
  • 737-002 10:18 AM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Clark MacGregor, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Thomas C. Korologos, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:18 am and 11:18 am.
  • 737-003 11:18 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:18 am and 11:22 am.
  • 737-004 11:22 AM · 1 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Luis Echeverria Alvarez, Emilio Rabasa Mishkin, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Donald F. Barnes met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:22 am to 12:26 pm.
  • 025-071 12:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard M. Helms talked on the telephone from 12:20 pm to 12:33 pm.
  • 737-005 12:33 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Vernon C. Coffey, Jr., and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:33 pm to 2:38 pm.
  • 737-006 12:38 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:44 pm.
  • 737-007 12:44 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John A. Vann, John A. Vann, Thomas Vann, Peter Vann, Frank Vann, Eugene Vann, Dorothy Vann Cadorette, Dorothy Vann Cadorette, Mary Jane Vann, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, Ronald L. Ziegler, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Vernon C. Coffey, Jr., John K. Andrews, Jr., and Joseph W. Alsop met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:44 pm to 12:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 737-001, June 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417181487). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/737-001 (accessed November 3, 2026).