Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 357 › Conversation 357-014

Nixon & Bull on Laredo, Texas and John B. Connally

Thursday, September 21, 1972 · 5:02 PM–5:25 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation357-014 on Tape 357StartThursday, September 21, 1972 at 5:02 PMEndThursday, September 21, 1972 at 5:25 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 357-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and refine upcoming scheduling details, including a planned visit to Laredo, Texas. The discussion focused on logistical arrangements for various appearances, such as a trip to John B. Connally's ranch, a stop at Rio Grande High School, and interactions with sports figures. The two sought to finalize the itinerary and associated site arrangements for these campaign-related events.

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NARA Description

On September 21, 1972, 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 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 357-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 357-14

Date: September 21, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

             The President's schedule
                 -Barber
                 -Laredo, Texas visit
                     -Sites
                          -Remarks
                 -John B. Connally's ranch
                 -Rio Grande High School
                 -Residence
                 -Time

                 -Sports figures
                 -Unknown person
                     -Oval Office

Bull left at an unknown time after 5:25 pm.

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Hey, do you have any, uh... Go ahead.
on the schedule and uh remarks they are scheduled every march for radio and we're marching to school
I had a fact sheet on the school.
Where is that?
Where is that stuff?
It's being piled over there.
I've got to get it.
I've got to come here first.
When my sentence is finished, send it over to the...
As far as the schedule, it's been going more logistically, but we've included a little more information.
We've got eight years, and a little more to go.
So the schedule for our period is more times than people.
We'll go back in a minute.
Ray, I'm going to go ahead and ask you.
We met.
We met a student coming out last year.
Where?
He was in the building.
meeting but listen whoever's meeting
But I don't want to get involved with my mom.

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  • 357-012 5:02 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm.
  • 357-013 5:02 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm.
  • 357-015 5:02 PM · 12 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 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm.
  • 030-016 7:42 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:42 pm.
  • 030-017 7:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:42 pm to 7:43 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 357-014, September 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/357-014 (accessed November 2, 2026).