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Conversation 252-034

TapeTape 252StartWednesday, May 5, 1971 at 1:16 PMEndWednesday, May 5, 1971 at 3:00 PMTape start time01:58:43Tape end time01:59:12ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate scheduling and administrative logistics for upcoming political and federal project initiatives. The discussion focused on establishing high-level meetings with Caspar Weinberger regarding budget oversight and arranging private appointments with several individuals, including John Greiner of the American Federation of Law Enforcement and Peter Grace. Nixon directed Bull to finalize these arrangements, emphasizing the need for brief, exclusive sessions with his guests.

Caspar WeinbergerFederal projectsWhite House schedulingPolitical campaignsAdministrative coordination
AudioNARA Description

On May 5, 1971, 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 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 252-034 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 252-34

Date: May 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull

[See Conversation No. 42-90]
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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I wondered if you could get a hold of Weinberger and see if he's better at federal projects.
I talked to him about your schedule, your program that you submitted to him on for political campaigns.
Yeah.
Well, actually, the key guy to work with is Weinberger, because that's where the money is.
Two, three, three.
Two-thirty.
Two-thirty, buddy.
Yeah, two-thirty or three.
And I'll be at the EOP at two-thirty, and the other officers who work out will be at the EOP at two-thirty.
Talk to, uh, Flanagan and, uh,
I'll be over there in five, five.
Let's see, five, five.
Let's see if the three, the four, 15, eight, nothing could drop in.
And I want to spend 15 minutes with him.
Ten, please, and nobody else.
John Greiner of the American Federation of Law Enforcement.
Mr. Peter Grace.
Charles Chester.
C-H-A-S-L-E-R.
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