Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 421 › Conversation 421-021

Nixon & Bull on H.R. Haldeman and John N. Mitchell

Wednesday, March 28, 1973 · 8:40 AM–8:45 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation421-021 on Tape 421StartWednesday, March 28, 1973 at 8:40 AMEndWednesday, March 28, 1973 at 8:45 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 421-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate administrative logistics, specifically regarding a meeting with H.R. Haldeman and John Mitchell. The two discussed scheduling requirements and reviewed the status of pending nominations requiring the President's signature. Nixon emphasized the importance of streamlining the signing process and expressed a preference for minimizing Friday night work commitments.

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Come over now and you might see him.
I've never seen him before.
He's in there with the mission master.
Well, why don't you tell him to drop over now because I've got some things that have to be scheduled.
Go ahead and just say it while I take it.
But there shouldn't be anything to sign tomorrow, I don't think.
If there is, it's fine, but there shouldn't be anything.
We can't go for a Friday night.
It's the main light of the nomination.
Unless it has to be, we'll take it.

NARA Description

On March 28, 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 8:40 am and 8:45 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 421-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 421-21

Date: March 28, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:40 am and 8:45 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

          President's meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                -John N. Mitchell
                -Length

          President's signature
                -Nominations

Bull left at an unknown time before 8:45 am.

Also recorded on March 28, 1973

  • 044-036 8:26 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:26 am and 9:00 am.
  • 421-020 8:35 AM · 8 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 8:35 am and 8:40 am.
  • 421-022 8:45 AM · 15 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 8:45 am and 9:00 am.
  • 044-037 9:00 AM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:01 am.
  • 421-023 9:00 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:00 am.
  • 421-024 9:00 AM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:00 am to 9:01 am.
  • 044-038 9:01 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:01 am and 9:44 am.
  • 421-025 9:01 AM · 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 9:01 am and 9:44 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 421-021, March 28, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/421-021 (accessed October 6, 2026).