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Nixon & Bull on Community development and Speechwriting

Thursday, March 1, 1973 · 3:35 PM–3:36 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation416-007 on Tape 416StartThursday, March 1, 1973 at 3:35 PMEndThursday, March 1, 1973 at 3:36 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 416-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to discuss the preparation and scheduling of a forthcoming broadcast speech regarding community development and government programs. The two coordinated the timeline for finalizing revisions to the draft, aiming to have the material ready prior to the President's scheduled Quadriad meeting. Nixon emphasized his desire to refine the messaging, which he characterized as a significant effort to shift public understanding of administration policies.

Community development
Speechwriting
White House broadcasts
Quadriad meeting
Government programs

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This is the draft of the speech, which tentatively, I think, will change the world of understanding of each other.

Well, I don't know that you know this, sir.

Well, this doesn't have to be written.

It's Saturday.

When does it have to be?

It's going to be aired at midnight on Sunday, sir.

Thank you.

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That's just trying to get us out of the ground.

You've got to stop yelling at us.

What?

Oh, that's fine.

That's all I need.

I'll give you the three o'clock, and I'll work it over from there.

In fact, I'm costing my modifications by five or six tomorrow night.

Then, in the morning, I'll go.

Sure, go out to those factories.

Right.

I was chattering right after I had the question.

I was trying to react to it.

Sorry.

Okay.

Thanks.

NARA Description

On March 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:35 pm to 3:36 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 416-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 416-7

Date: March 1, 1973
Time: 3:35 pm-3:36 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

       Speech on community development
            -Taping
                                              -11-

                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                                Conversation No. 416-7 (cont’d)

              -Broadcast
                    -Timing
              -Modifications
                    -Government programs
                          -Misuse
              -Preparation
              -Delivery to President
              -Revisions
                    -Return to President
                          -Timing
                                -President's Quadriad meeting

Bull left at 3:36 pm.

Also recorded on March 1, 1973

416-051 3:02 PM · 21 sec — unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:02 pm and 3:35 pm.
866-018 3:02 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:02 pm and 3:06 pm.
866-019 3:06 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert Roth, Walter R. Tkach, Richard L. Wilson, John L. Steele, Lucian C Warren, Jerald F. ("Jerry") terHorst, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:06 pm to 3:30 pm.
866-023 3:30 PM · 5 min — Unknown person(s) and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 3:30 pm on March 1, 1973 and 11:00 am on March 2, 1973.
416-008 3:36 PM · 6 min — 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 3:36 pm and 4:00 pm.
416-009 4:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:00 pm to 4:01 pm.
037-019 4:01 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:01 pm and 4:42 pm.
416-010 4:01 PM · 9 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 4:01 pm and 4:42 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 416-007, March 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/416-007 (accessed October 1, 2026).