Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 427 › Conversation 427-008

Nixon, Dean & Bull on White House scheduling and H.R. Haldeman

Monday, April 16, 1973 · 4:04 PM–4:06 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 51 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Dean, John W., IIIConversation427-008 on Tape 427StartMonday, April 16, 1973 at 4:04 PMEndMonday, April 16, 1973 at 4:06 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 427-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon, John W. Dean, III, and Stephen B. Bull met briefly to coordinate scheduling and the flow of information regarding impending briefings. The participants discussed the President’s upcoming meetings with William P. Rogers and H.R. Haldeman. The interaction served as a logistical pivot point to manage the President’s time and the sequence of key administrative consultations.

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Hello?
Hello?
I got tied up with Peterson, so I wondered if you'd call me down.
He's got it, all of it.
I'm gonna go in there first, and then I'll be here whenever he gets here.

NARA Description

On April 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and John W. Dean, III met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:04 pm to 4:06 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 427-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 427-8

Date: April 16, 1973
Time: 4:04 pm - 4:06 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

      The President’s schedule

The President talked with John W. Dean, III between 4:04 pm and 4:05 pm.

[Conversation No. 427-8A]

[Begin telephone conversation]

[See Conversation 38-69]

[End of telephone conversation]

      President’s schedule
          -William P. Rogers [?]
          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman briefing

Bull left 4:06 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 427-008, April 16, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/427-008 (accessed October 5, 2026).