Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 362 › Conversation 362-011

Nixon & Bull on Charles W. Colson and Virginia Democratic delegation

Monday, August 7, 1972 · 1:22 PM–3:01 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 46 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation362-011 on Tape 362StartMonday, August 7, 1972 at 1:22 PMEndMonday, August 7, 1972 at 3:01 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 362-011 ↗

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President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate upcoming appointments and manage his daily schedule. The discussion centered on logistics for meetings with Charles W. Colson, Otto E. Passman, and a Virginia Democratic delegation, including the coordination of requested photographs. The primary outcome was the administrative preparation for these scheduled engagements.

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NARA Description

On August 7, 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 1:22 pm and 3:01 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 362-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 362-11

Date: August 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:22 pm and 3:01 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

             The President's schedule
                 -Forthcoming meeting with Charles W. Colson
                     -Colson’s meeting with John B. Connally
                 -Forthcoming meeting with Virginia Democratic delegation
                 -Forthcoming meeting with Otto E. Passman
                 -Forthcoming meeting with Colson
                 -Forthcoming meeting with Virginia delegation
                     -Photographs

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:01 pm.

Also recorded on August 7, 1972

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  • 763-016 11:24 AM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 1:18 pm.
  • 362-010 1:22 PM · 10 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 1:22 pm and 3:01 pm.
  • 362-012 1:22 PM · 23 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 1:22 pm and 3:01 pm.
  • 763-017 1:22 PM · 47 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and 3:01 pm.
  • 763-018 2:48 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:48 pm and 3:01 pm.
  • 763-019 3:01 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Virginia Democratic leaders, including Leslie D. Campbell, Jr., Warren Davis, William M. Dudley, Walther B. Fidler, Calvin W. Fowler, Elmon T. Gray, Frederick T. Gray, Charles W. Gunn, Jr., Edward E. Lane, Paul W. Manns, George N. McMath, B.R. Middleton, William F. Parkerson, Jr., Lacy E. Putney, Randall O. Reynolds, Eleanor P. Sheppard, D. French Slaughter, Jr., W. Roy Smith, Edward E. Willey, J. D. Stetson Coleman, John O. Marsh, Jr., J. Smith Ferebee, Richard T. Short, James F. Olmsted, Richard D. Obenshain, Thomas R. Glass, Fitzgerald Bemiss, Mills E. Godwin, Russell M. Carneal, Robert B. Ball, Sr., and Herbert Bateman, as well as Stephen B. Bull, Herbert Bateman, as well as the White House photographer, met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:01 pm to 3:45 pm.
  • 763-020 3:45 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:46 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 362-011, August 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/362-011 (accessed October 3, 2026).