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Nixon & Bull on Presidential appointments and Document review

Wednesday, June 28, 1972 · 10:43 AM–10:44 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation346-003 on Tape 346 (tape position 00:05:19–00:06:44)StartWednesday, June 28, 1972 at 10:43 AMEndWednesday, June 28, 1972 at 10:44 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 346-003 ↗

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull coordinate the scheduling of a meeting with an unidentified individual, agreeing to set the time for approximately 2:00 or 2:30 p.m. During the discussion, Nixon also requests access to an original press book to review its background contents. This brief exchange serves primarily as an administrative check-in to manage the President's afternoon appointments and document retrieval needs.

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On June 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:43 am to 10:44 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 346-003 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 346-3

Date: June 28, 1972
Time: 10:43-10:44 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 26-26]

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Just a barber's day or not.
Probably didn't make any difference.
He's next door.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, sometime around 2 o'clock.
Yeah, he's at lunch.
No hurry.
2 o'clock is fine, 2.30, whatever you'd like.
Fine.
And have the, have you had it sent over the, he sent over his press book, but I want to see the original book that was sent.
I want to see the background.
  • 346-001 10:38 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:38 am to 10:40 am.
  • 026-025 10:40 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:40 am and 10:43 am.
  • 346-002 10:40 AM · 14 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 10:40 am and 10:43 am.
  • 026-026 10:43 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 10:43 am to 10:44 am.
  • 346-004 10:44 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:44 am and 11:16 am.
  • 346-005 10:44 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:44 am and 11:16 am.
  • 346-006 10:44 AM · 50 sec — 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 10:44 am and 11:16 am.
  • 346-007 10:44 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:44 am and 11:16 am.

Conversation 346-003, June 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/346-003 (accessed November 14, 2026).