Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 356 › Conversation 356-011
Nixon, Colson & Bull on Thomas W. Gleason and labor relations
Monday, September 25, 1972 · 2:30 PM–3:01 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 58 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Charles W. Colson and Stephen B. Bull to coordinate logistics for a scheduled meeting with labor leader Thomas W. “Teddy” Gleason. The discussion centered on the arrangements for the Oval Office gathering and an accompanying photograph session with Oliver F. Atkins. The meeting concluded shortly before the scheduled engagement with Gleason took place.
- Thomas W. Gleason
- labor relations
- White House scheduling
- photography
- Charles W. Colson
Audio
NARA Description
On September 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 3:01 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 356-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 356-11
Date: September 25, 1972
Time: 2:30 pm - 3:01 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Charles W. Colson.
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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:30 pm.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Thomas W. (“Teddy”) Gleason
-Oval Office
-Photograph by Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Gleason
The President, Colson, and Bull left at 3:01 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
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- 356-010 1:15 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 786-023 3:04 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thomas W. Gleason, John Bowers, Lawrence G. Molloy, Charles W. Colson, Donald F. Rodgers, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 3:32 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 356-011, September 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/356-011 (accessed November 15, 2026).