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Nixon & Bull on White House administration and Presidential logistics

Thursday, March 1, 1973 · 4:46 PM–4:47 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation416-012 on Tape 416StartThursday, March 1, 1973 at 4:46 PMEndThursday, March 1, 1973 at 4:47 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 416-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met briefly with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, to discuss administrative logistics. The conversation, which lasted only one minute, focused on confirming the feasibility of a specific, albeit unidentified, task or arrangement. No major policy shifts or substantive executive decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.

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Yeah.
Yeah.
I believe that, uh, it can.
Yeah.
Right.
Yeah.

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 4:46 pm to 4:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 416-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 416-12
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                         Conversation No. 416-12 (cont’d)

Date: March 1, 1973
Time: 4:46pm-4:47 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 37-22]

Also recorded on March 1, 1973

  • 037-020 4:42 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan talked on the telephone from 4:42 pm to 4:44 pm.
  • 416-011 4:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:42 pm to 4:44 pm.
  • 037-021 4:44 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:44 pm and 4:46 pm.
  • 037-022 4:46 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:46 pm to 4:47 pm.
  • 037-023 4:47 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:47 pm and 4:48 pm.
  • 416-013 4:47 PM · 10 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 4:47 pm and 4:48 pm.
  • 037-024 4:48 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:48 pm to 4:50 pm.
  • 416-014 4:48 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:48 pm to 4:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 416-012, 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/416-012 (accessed October 1, 2026).