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

Nixon & Bull on Terminology

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 ↗

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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]

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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.

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 November 15, 2026).