Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 353 › Conversation 353-005

Nixon & Bull on Terminology and Administrative tasks

Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 12:10 PM–12:11 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 26 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation353-005 on Tape 353StartThursday, August 3, 1972 at 12:10 PMEndThursday, August 3, 1972 at 12:11 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 353-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to discuss the specific terminology for a planned initiative or project. The brief exchange focused on finalizing the phrasing to be used in upcoming communications. Nixon instructed Bull to handle the follow-up and execution of the identified phrasing.

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Steve, would you, whatever the hope, freedom that you call it?
Well, I'm not quite sure what you're saying.
I'll call it.

NARA Description

On August 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:10 pm to 12:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 353-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 353-5

Date: August 3, 1972
Time: 12:10 pm - 12:11 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 28-55]

Also recorded on August 3, 1972

  • 028-054 11:49 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 12:10 pm.
  • 028-055 12:10 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 12:10 pm to 12:11 pm.
  • 028-056 12:11 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:12 pm.
  • 353-006 12:11 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:11 pm to 12:12 pm.
  • 028-057 12:12 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:12 pm to 12:20 pm.
  • 353-007 12:12 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:12 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 029-069 12:20 PM · 11 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 1:10 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 353-008 12:20 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:37 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 353-005, August 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/353-005 (accessed October 1, 2026).