President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to provide specific instructions regarding executive branch outreach to Congress. The discussion focused on coordinating legislative strategy and refining the role of William E. Timmons in managing these congressional relations. This brief interaction served to delegate administrative follow-ups necessary to maintain effective communication with Capitol Hill.
On December 14, 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 3:25 pm and 3:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 383-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 383-4
Date: December 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:25 pm and 3:29 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Congressional relations
-Instructions for William E. Timmons
Bull left at an unknown time before 3:29 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.