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Conversation 394-016

TapeTape 394StartMonday, January 8, 1973 at 3:04 PMEndMonday, January 8, 1973 at 3:11 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
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On January 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:04 pm to 3:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 394-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 394-16

Date: January 8, 1973
Time: 3:04 pm - 3:11 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 35-99]
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Yeah.
Hi, Steve.
Setting up things tomorrow that you could, uh, that don't interfere with.
I'd like to get George Schultz in and, uh, kind of, uh, with, uh, John Hurt on things, right?
Uh, and then, uh, I want things to go down.
So, uh, I'd like to have, uh, uh, just this, uh, can of Coke, uh,
They don't listen to this.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
That's the one.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yes, I have got her.
Well, my name is Jeff.
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And then, uh, uh,
Then I want him to go up to me and say this 12 o'clock in the morning.
Then I'll join him in the afternoon for another meeting.
After that, I'm all set.
I'm all set.
I just want to go up to a couple of other people.
Let's get to the meeting.
Check it out.
I don't want any opposite numbers on our side.
I don't want any other opposite numbers on our side.
Unless...
If he's here...
You know what I mean?
Well, you know, I have plenty of very, very good, but I have changed that whole thing on any mistake.
We have one good one, and now we have to have Americans there.
Go on.
Go on.
Go on.
Go on.
Go on.
Go on.
We don't want to break the circuit.
We don't want to break the circuit.
We don't want to break the circuit.
We don't want to break the circuit.
We don't want to break the circuit.
We don't want to break the circuit.
We don't want to break the circuit.
We don't want to break the circuit.
But then on our side, you know, I don't want to, you know, whether I get a, I don't want to have a, you know, no, there's only, there's only one second left.
If he breaks, if he has to, if he breaks him up there, I don't like that.
I don't have to break him.
I don't have to, you know, you know, see him.
I'd like to do it the second day.
Now, if they just work out, and they're anxious to earn it, and they can't do it the first day, they'll have to do it the second day.
And I think it's a better time to say, don't do it the eighth day, don't do it the fourth day.
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