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Nixon & Bull on White House administration and Executive office operations

Tuesday, January 11, 1972 · 4:02 PM–4:03 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation312-029 on Tape 312 (tape position 03:49:10–03:49:28)StartTuesday, January 11, 1972 at 4:02 PMEndTuesday, January 11, 1972 at 4:03 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 312-029 ↗

President Nixon met briefly with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, in the Old Executive Office Building. While no transcript exists for this one-minute interaction, the meeting served as a routine administrative or logistical check-in between the President and his staff. No specific policy decisions or significant developments were recorded during this brief exchange.

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On January 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:02 pm to 4:03 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 312-029 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 312-29

Date: January 11, 1972
Time: 4:02 pm - 4:03 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 18-68]
  • 018-067 3:49 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 312-027 3:49 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 018-068 4:02 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:02 pm to 4:03 pm.
  • 018-069 4:03 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:03 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 312-030 4:03 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:03 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 018-070 4:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:05 pm to 4:06 pm.
  • 312-031 4:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:05 pm to 4:06 pm.
  • 312-032 4:06 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:06 pm and 4:08 pm.

Conversation 312-029, January 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/312-029 (accessed September 29, 2026).