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Nixon & Bull on Executive control and Status report

Thursday, March 22, 1973 · 1:14 PM–1:15 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 22 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation422-024 on Tape 422StartThursday, March 22, 1973 at 1:14 PMEndThursday, March 22, 1973 at 1:15 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 422-024 ↗

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull briefly met to confirm the status of a specific matter, with the President indicating that they had successfully secured control over the situation. This exchange served as a concise directive regarding a sensitive issue, though the transcript remains too limited to identify the specific subject matter. The meeting concluded immediately after this brief verification of progress.

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So, we've got a hold on this one.

On March 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:14 pm to 1:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 422-024 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 422-024

Date: March 22, 1973
Time: 1:14 pm - 1:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 44-4]
  • 887-028 1:12 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:12 pm and 3:48 pm.
  • 044-003 1:13 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 1:14 pm.
  • 422-023 1:13 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 1:13 pm.
  • 044-004 1:14 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:15 pm.
  • 044-005 1:14 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:21 pm.
  • 422-025 1:14 PM · 10 sec — unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:21 pm.
  • 422-026 1:14 PM · 12 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 1:14 pm and 1:21 pm.
  • 044-006 1:21 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:21 pm and 1:22 pm.

Conversation 422-024, March 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/422-024 (accessed October 1, 2026).