Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 103 › Conversation 103-009

White House tour group on White House tour and Stephen B. Bull

Tuesday, June 27, 1972 · 11:28 AM–10:05 AM ET · Cabinet Room ·5 min

ParticipantsWhite House tour groupConversation103-009 onTape 103StartTuesday, June 27, 1972 at 11:28 AMEndFriday, June 30, 1972 at 10:05 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 103-009 ↗

AI Summary

A White House staff member provided a guided tour to a group of visitors in the Cabinet Room, explaining the significance of the presidential seal and flags. During the interaction, the guide introduced Stephen B. Bull, a close aide to the President, and outlined expectations for the upcoming visit to the Oval Office. The group received specific instructions regarding the fragility of the President’s porcelain bird collection before proceeding with their tour.

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Thank you.

Hold your paper up.

Hold your paper up to the line.

See now.

What do you see?

There's an eagle.

See the eagle in the paper?

That's taken from the seal of the President of the United States.

That's the American eagle.

All right.

Thank you.

There are two other things in the room that I think you ought to take a look at.

Can you see that?

This is the American flag.

This is the President's flag.

Can you see the eagles?

Right.

That's the same eagle that you see on the piece of paper that you're wearing.

That's the seal of the President of the United States.

There's a gentleman here I'd like to have all of you meet.

This is Mr. Steve Bull, right here.

And Mr. Bull works very closely with the President.

His office is right next door to the President's, right through the store.

He works with the President every day.

He probably sees the President more than anybody else in the White House.

Would you like to go in and have a look at the president's office?

Okay, now when we go in there, we'll point out some really interesting things too.

One thing we'd like to ask that you not do on the shelves, there are some birds that are, porcelain birds, they're made out of glass and they're very fragile.

And we'd like to ask that you not touch those and we wouldn't want to have one of them broken.

When we get in there, we'll point out

some interesting things about the President's office.

Remember, when you have questions, go ahead, put your hand up and ask.

We want to make sure you learn everything about the White House.

Okay.

We'll go this way.

Go.

Thank you.

NARA Description

a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:28 am on June 27, 1972 and 10:05 am on June 30, 1972. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 103-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 103-9

Date: Unknown between June 27 and June 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:28 am, June 27 and 10:05 am, June 30, 1972
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown people [White House tour group] met

     Presidential Seal

     American flag

     President’s flag
          -Presidential Seal

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:28 am, June 27, 1972

     Bull
            -Introduction
            -Work with President

     President’s Oval Office
          -Tour
          -Porcelain birds
          -Questions

     Cabinet Room chairs

Also recorded on June 27, 1972

103-007 10:08 AM · 1 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee, including Wallace F. Bennett, Carl T. Curtis, Jack R. Miller, Leonard B. ("Len") Jordan, Paul J. Fannin, Clifford P. Hansen, Robert P. Griffin, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, John F. Evans, Jr., Clark MacGregor, Thomas C. Korologos, Ronald L. Ziegler, and James H. Falk, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 11:28 am.
103-012 11:28 AM · 1 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:28 am on June 27, 1972 and 10:05 am on June 30, 1972.
743-004 11:28 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:28 am and 11:30 am.
743-005 11:30 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Elliot L. Richardson, John S. Millis, Theodore Cooper, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:30 am to 11:57 am.
743-006 11:57 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, unknown person(s), Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:57 am and 1:50 pm.
026-011 12:03 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 1:36 pm.
026-012 12:03 PM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 1:36 pm.
026-013 12:03 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 1:36 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 103-009, June 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/103-009 (accessed September 18, 2026).