Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 329 › Conversation 329-028

Nixon & Bull on Oliver F. Atkins and Vernon A. Walters

Thursday, April 13, 1972 · 1:30 PM–2:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation329-028 on Tape 329 (tape position 01:47:49–01:50:03)StartThursday, April 13, 1972 at 1:30 PMEndThursday, April 13, 1972 at 2:00 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 329-028 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417186255 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate his daily agenda and logistical details regarding upcoming appointments. The discussion focused on scheduling arrangements for meetings with press photographer Oliver Atkins, First Lady Pat Nixon, and Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters. The pair finalized the sequence of these engagements to ensure the President's schedule remained organized throughout the afternoon.

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NARA Description

On April 13, 1972, 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 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 329-028 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 329-28

Date: April 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     Materials

     The President's schedule
          -Meeting with unknown persons
               -Press
                      -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins

     Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

     The President's schedule
          -Meeting with Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
               -Time

Bull left at an unknown time before 2:00 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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I didn't know if you wanted any or none of this material.
Yes, sir.
The .
You can't do that with an .
I don't know why.
Four.
He's just going to stay on the bridge.
He's going to stay on the bridge.
He's going to stay on the bridge.
He's going to stay on the bridge.
He's going to stay on the bridge.
He's going to stay on the bridge.
He's going to stay on the bridge.
I'll go there.

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  • 329-031 1:30 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
  • 329-032 2:00 PM · 1 hr 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm.
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  • 708-002 4:10 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Michael A. Dively, Christiane Garcia, Alan Cameron, Stephen Hess, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Rayburn D. Hanzlik, Howard A. Cohen, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:28 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 329-028, April 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417186255). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/329-028 (accessed November 2, 2026).