President Nixon directs Stephen B. Bull to monitor the progress of specific administrative or logistical tasks involving Soviet personnel. The President explicitly requests information regarding the anticipated completion time of these activities while emphasizing a desire to limit the scope of the Russians' involvement. This brief exchange serves to track the status of ongoing diplomatic or bureaucratic arrangements.
On January 23, 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 9:29 am and 11:55 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 404-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 404-5 Date: January 23, 1973 Time: 9:14 am - 9:15 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Stephen B. Bull. [See Conversation No. 36-67]
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