Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 387 › Conversation 387-006

Nixon & Bull on Horacio Rivero and Henry O. Dormann

Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 10:13 AM–10:15 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation387-006 on Tape 387StartTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 10:13 AMEndTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 10:15 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 387-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to review and finalize his upcoming daily schedule. The two men discussed the logistics and photo opportunities for several meetings, including sessions with Horacio Rivero regarding his credentials as ambassador to Spain and Henry O. Dormann of the National Enquirer. They also coordinated the timing for various other appointments, including a reception at Blair House and a meeting with George P. Shultz and John D. Ehrlichman.

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I don't want a half hour.
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NARA Description

On December 5, 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 10:13 am and 10:15 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 387-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 387-6

Date: December 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:13 am and 10:15 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

       The President’s schedule
            -Meeting with Horacio Rivero
                  -Duration
                  -Photograph opportunity
                  -Credentials
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                              Conversation No. 387-6 (cont’d)

                        -Spain
                  -Photograph opportunity
                        -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
             -Meeting with Henry O. Dormann
                  -National Enquirer
                  -Photograph session
             -Meeting with Leroy S. Zimmerman and M. Harvey Taylor
                  -Timing
             -Meeting with John B. Connally
             -Reception for California administration officials
                  -Dinner
                        -Timing
                               -Blair House
                               -Cocktails
             -Meeting with George P. Shultz and John D. Ehrlichman
                  -Duration
                        -Interruption

Bull left at 10:15 am.

Also recorded on December 5, 1972

  • 034-018 8:26 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:26 am to 8:27 am.
  • 034-019 8:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone from 8:56 am to 8:59 am.
  • 034-020 9:44 AM · 56 sec — Tricia Nixon Cox and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 9:44 am to 9:45 am.
  • 034-021 10:13 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:13 am.
  • 387-005 10:13 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:13 am.
  • 387-007 10:15 AM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:15 am to 11:38 am.
  • 818-001 11:42 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:42 am and 11:43 am.
  • 818-002 11:43 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Lucy A. Winchester, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 12:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 387-006, December 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/387-006 (accessed September 28, 2026).