Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 395 › Conversation 395-009

Nixon & Bull on National security and John D. Ehrlichman

Wednesday, January 10, 1973 · 3:46 PM–3:49 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 26 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation395-009 on Tape 395StartWednesday, January 10, 1973 at 3:46 PMEndWednesday, January 10, 1973 at 3:49 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 395-009 ↗

President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his upcoming schedule and prioritize his immediate workload. The President requested that his meeting with John D. Ehrlichman be rescheduled due to pressing national security matters requiring his full attention. Nixon also indicated he would accept a specific phone call, provided the caller was identified as urgent.

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I'll tell you, I'm tied up on some national security stuff.
Unless it's totally, unless it's absolutely urgent.
All right, Eddie.
I'll take it.

On January 10, 1973, 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 3:46 pm and 3:49 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 395-009 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 395-9

Date: January 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:46 pm and 3:49 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

       The President's schedule
            -Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman
            -National security matters

Bull left at an unknown time after 3:49 pm.
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  • 035-123 3:41 PM · 6 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 3:41 pm to 3:46 pm.
  • 395-008 3:41 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:41 pm to 3:46 pm.
  • 395-010 3:46 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:46 pm and 3:49 pm.
  • 035-124 3:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dan Rowan, and Dick Martin talked on the telephone from 3:49 pm to 3:50 pm.
  • 395-011 3:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dan Rowan, and Dick Martin met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:49 pm to 3:50 pm.
  • 035-125 3:50 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 7:28 pm.
  • 395-012 3:50 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 4:11 pm.

Conversation 395-009, January 10, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/395-009 (accessed October 11, 2026).