Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 334 › Conversation 334-034

Nixon & Bull on Staff coordination and Presidential directives

Tuesday, May 2, 1972 · 4:38 PM–4:39 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation334-034 on Tape 334 (tape position 02:27:49–02:28:36)StartTuesday, May 2, 1972 at 4:38 PMEndTuesday, May 2, 1972 at 4:39 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 334-034 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to discuss the management of specific individuals or logistical arrangements. While the brief transcript is fragmentary, the exchange confirms that Bull successfully secured the parties in question according to the President's instructions. The conversation functioned as a quick status update regarding these subjects.

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Yeah.
I've got them tied up.
Let's see if you don't hurt him.

NARA Description

On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:38 pm to 4:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 334-034 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 334-34

Date: May 2, 1972
Time: 4:38 pm - 4:39 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 23-112]

Also recorded on May 2, 1972

  • 023-112 4:38 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:38 pm to 4:39 pm.
  • 023-113 4:40 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:40 pm to 4:41 pm.
  • 334-035 4:40 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:40 pm to 4:41 pm.
  • 334-036 4:41 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, unknown person(s), Clyde A. Tolson, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Helen Gandy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 6:17 pm.
  • 023-114 4:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:49 pm to 4:51 pm.
  • 023-115 4:51 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:51 pm and 4:57 pm.
  • 023-116 4:57 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:57 pm to 4:58 pm.
  • 023-117 4:58 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:58 pm and 5:26 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 334-034, May 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/334-034 (accessed October 9, 2026).