Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 416 › Conversation 416-008

Nixon & Bull on Foreign Policy and Middle East

Thursday, March 1, 1973 · 3:36 PM–4:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 6 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation416-008 on Tape 416StartThursday, March 1, 1973 at 3:36 PMEndThursday, March 1, 1973 at 4:00 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 416-008 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417187327 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon dictated a memorandum for his files while briefly meeting with aide Stephen B. Bull to secure a signature on official documents. The dictation covered a wide range of administrative and policy matters, including foreign policy objectives regarding the Middle East and Israel, as well as internal concerns involving John W. Dean III and the FBI. The President also reflected on recent events such as the National Governors Conference and various diplomatic communications.

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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 at an unknown time between 3:36 pm and 4:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 416-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 416-8

Date: March 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:36 pm and 4:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.

[This is a continuation of Conversation No. 416-6.]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

       Return from Oval Office
            -Time
            -Meeting with Gridiron dinner delegates

       Foreign policy
             -Harry S. Truman
             -Speech
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                        Conversation No. 416-8 (cont’d)

             -Decency
             -Unintelligible name [?]
             -Foreign government officials
                   -Invitations [?]
             -Henry A. Kissinger
             -President’s message

       Middle East
            -United Nations [UN]
            -Israel
            -Soviet Union’s orbit [?]
            -Golda Meir
                  -Socialist Party Congress
                        -Support for US
                        -Vietnam War
                              -Negotiations
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       John W. Dean, III
            -Meeting with President
                   -President’s impression
            -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
            -Justice Department
            -Espionage [?]

       National Governors Conference
            -Army chorus
                  -Performance
            -Foreign policy
            -FBI [?]
            -Congress
            -Governors’ speeches

       Kissinger

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[End of dictation]
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 416-8 (cont’d)

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:36 pm.

       President’s signature

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:00 pm.

The President resumed dictation.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

       Television [TV]
            -Paul McCartney [?]
            -Revolutionaries [?]

The President replayed a portion of the dictation.

       Spain

       Great Britain

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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There you go.
Thank you very much.
I said, well, I don't know.
I said, well, I don't know.
I think the fact that they're able to stand and do that, the fact that they're able to do that, the fact that they're able to do that, the fact that they're able to do that, the fact that they're able to do that,
Very impressive.
Thank you.
It was a great success.
... ... ... ... ...
Thank you.
Thank you.
uh... uh...
I've been down here for over a century.
One down and one to row.

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.
  • 416-007 3:35 PM · 2 min — 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.
  • 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 416-008, March 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417187327). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/416-008 (accessed November 15, 2026).