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Nixon & Bull on Vietnam and Pierre E. Trudeau

Thursday, March 22, 1973 · 1:45 PM–1:47 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 50 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation422-028 on Tape 422StartThursday, March 22, 1973 at 1:45 PMEndThursday, March 22, 1973 at 1:47 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 422-028 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen Bull met briefly to review the President’s daily schedule and pending administrative tasks. The discussion focused on arrangements for a phone call to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau regarding the International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS) in Vietnam, following a recommendation from General Brent Scowcroft. Nixon ultimately directed that the call be prioritized to address the status of his correspondence with the Prime Minister.

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Do you want to dispose of any of your assignments today?
I gotta make one more call.

NARA Description

On March 22, 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 1:45 pm and 1:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 422-028 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 422-028

Date: March 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:45 pm and 1:47 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

       President’s schedule

       Vietnam
             -Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
                   -Recommendation
                        -Call to Pierre E. Trudeau
                               -International Commission of Control and Supervision [ICCS]
                               -President’s letter

       President’s schedule

Stephen Bull left at an unknown time before 1:47 pm.

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 422-028, 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/422-028 (accessed October 1, 2026).