Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 408 › Conversation 408-005
Nixon & Bull
Monday, February 5, 1973 · 4:08 PM–4:09 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 26 sec
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President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull briefly coordinate the President's immediate schedule following a meeting in the Old Executive Office Building. Bull confirms that he will attend the upcoming session to ensure the President is able to return to the Oval Office. This exchange serves as a logistical transition to manage the President's movement between locations.
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NARA Description
On February 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:08 pm to 4:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 408-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 408-5 Date: February 5, 1973 Time: Between 4:08 pm and 4:09 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Stephen B. Bull. [See Conversation No. 43-23]
Also recorded on February 5, 1973
- 408-003 2:58 PM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Earl L. Butz, James T. Lynn, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:58 pm to 4:05 pm.
- 408-004 4:05 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:08 pm.
- 043-023 4:08 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:08 pm to 4:09 pm.
- 043-024 4:09 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:09 pm and 6:15 pm.
- 408-006 4:09 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:09 pm and 4:10 pm.
- 408-007 4:10 PM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:10 pm to 4:46 pm.
- 043-025 4:52 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 6:15 pm.
- 849-001 4:52 PM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, Roy L. Ash, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:52 pm to 6:09 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 408-005, February 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/408-005 (accessed October 1, 2026).