Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 392 › Conversation 392-005
Nixon & Bull on George P. Shultz and Wage and price controls
Wednesday, December 20, 1972 · 12:18 PM–12:29 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his upcoming daily schedule and logistical arrangements. The discussion focused on managing meetings with George P. Shultz regarding wage, price, and trade policies, as well as organizing a photo opportunity with journalist Saul Pett. Additionally, they reviewed travel plans for the President's upcoming departure to Key Biscayne.
- Presidential schedule
- George P. Shultz
- Wage and price controls
- Trade bill
- Key Biscayne
- Saul Pett
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NARA Description
On December 20, 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 12:18 pm and 12:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 392-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 392-5
Date: December 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:18 pm and 12:29 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President’s schedule
-Meeting with George P. Shultz
-Wage and price controls
-Paper
-Signature
-Meeting with Saul Pett
-Photograph opportunity
-Timing
-Photographer
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-[Key Biscayne]
-Helicopter departure
-Volunteers
-Meeting with Shultz
-Wage and price controls
-Trade bill
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:29 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso recorded on December 20, 1972
- 392-003 12:18 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:18 pm and 12:29 pm.
- 392-004 12:18 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:18 pm and 12:29 pm.
- 034-139 12:29 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:29 pm.
- 392-006 12:29 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:29 pm.
- 034-140 12:32 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 12:32 pm to 12:33 pm.
- 392-007 12:32 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:32 pm.
- 392-008 12:32 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:32 pm to 12:33 pm.
- 034-141 12:33 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:33 pm and 12:47 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 392-005, December 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/392-005 (accessed September 28, 2026).