Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 405 › Conversation 405-009
Nixon, Haldeman & Bull on 1974 Federal Budget and Vietnam Settlement
Thursday, January 25, 1973 · 9:05 AM–9:34 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 22 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinated the strategic rollout of the upcoming 1974 budget speech, focusing on press coverage, congressional relations, and the necessary integration with the recent Vietnam settlement. They reviewed cabinet meeting logistics and potential personnel assignments, weighing the roles of various advisors like George Shultz and John Ehrlichman. Stephen B. Bull joined briefly toward the end to finalize logistical arrangements for the President’s travel to Texas to attend the funeral of Lyndon B. Johnson.
- 1974 Federal Budget
- Vietnam Settlement
- Cabinet Meetings
- Congressional Relations
- Lyndon B. Johnson Funeral
- Public Relations Strategy
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NARA Description
On January 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:05 am to 9:34 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 405-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 405-9
Date: January 25, 1973
Time: 9:05 am – 9:34 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
President's speech on 1974 budget
-Preparation
-George P. Shultz
-5-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 405-9 (cont’d)
-Vietnam settlement
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Congressional relations
-Spiro T. Agnew [?]
-Roy L. Ash
-Strategy
-Congressional relations
-Details compared to overall concept
-Programs
-Taxes
-Congress
-Cabinet meeting
-Ehrlichman
-Ash
-Earl L. Butz
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Timing
-Ehrlichman
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Timing
-William E. Timmons, Ash
-President's revisions in drafts
-Continental Divide
-Method of press coverage
-Ehrlichman, Ziegler
-Relation to Vietnam settlement
-Congress
-Ehrlichman's work with John A. Volpe
-Agnew
-Strategy
-Timmons
-Method of press coverage
-Radio, television [TV]
-President's response to draft
-Cabinet meeting
-Agnew [?]
-Volpe
Lyndon B. Johnson’s funeral
-Claudia A. (“Lady Bird”) Johnson
-6-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 405-9 (cont’d)
-Photographs with President
-President's role
-Military attache, Claudia Johnson
-Wreath-laying
President's speech on 1974 budget
-Length
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Method of press coverage
-Publicity
-Congressional relations
-Ehrlichman's view on importance
-Vietnam settlement
1974 budget meeting
-Shultz's role
-President's role
-Taxes
Cabinet meeting
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Peter J. Brennan
-Ability
-Morton
-Value
-George W. Romney
-Frederick B. Dent
-George H. W. Bush
-Inclusion in future meetings
-Agnew
Stephen B. Bull entered at 9:34 am.
Lyndon Johnson’s funeral
-Departure time for President
-Logistics
-Claudia Johnson and family
-Weather in Texas
President's speech on 1974 budget
-7-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 405-9 (cont’d)
-Revisions
-Price
-Length
President, Haldeman, and Bull left at 9:35 am.Also recorded on January 25, 1973
- 036-110 7:54 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:54 am and 8:38 am.
- 405-001 7:54 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:54 am and 8:38 am.
- 405-002 7:54 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:54 am and 8:38 am.
- 036-111 8:38 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 8:38 am to 8:39 am.
- 405-005 8:38 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:38 am to 8:39 am.
- 405-006 8:39 AM · 17 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 8:39 am and 9:01 am.
- 405-007 9:01 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:01 am to 9:03 am.
- 405-008 9:01 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:01 am and 9:03 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 405-009, January 25, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/405-009 (accessed October 6, 2026).