President Nixon consulted with his aide Stephen B. Bull and the White House operator to coordinate administrative logistics and manage his daily schedule. The primary focus involved arranging telephone communications, specifically with Charles Colson via Air Force One, and scheduling a meeting with Henry Kissinger. This interaction served to finalize the President's immediate operational agenda and facilitate priority executive outreach.
On November 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 11:01 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 389-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 389-13
Date: November 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:00 am - 11:01 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President’s schedule
-Telephone calls
-Colson
-Air Force One
The President talked with the White House operator at 11:00 am.
[Conversation No. 389-13A]
[See Conversation No. 33-30]
The President’s schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger’s request for a meeting
-The President’s telephone calls
-Meeting with Colson
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:01 am.
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