President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to facilitate a telephone discussion regarding administrative matters, including the status of H.R. Haldeman and arrangements involving Alexander P. Butterfield at Camp David. Following Bull's departure, Nixon engaged in a brief follow-up call with Henry A. Kissinger. This interaction highlights the internal coordination of staff logistics and communications between the President and his key foreign policy and operational advisors.
On April 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:20 pm and 3:26 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 330-040 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 330-40
Date: April 12, 1972
Time: Unknown after 3:20 pm and 3:26 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Meeting
-The President's call from Henry A. Kissinger
Camp David
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Secretary
Kissinger talked with the President between 3:23 and 3:26 pm.
[Conversation No. 330-40A]
[See Conversation No. 22-119]
Bull left at 3:23 pm.
[End of telephone conversation]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.