Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 428 › Conversation 428-010
Nixon & Bull on Congressional Reception and Media Relations
Thursday, April 12, 1973 · 2:25 PM–2:27 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to finalize logistical arrangements and speaker lineups for an upcoming Congressional reception. They discussed the format of the event, specifically regarding the participation of Gerald Ford, Hugh Scott, Joe Waggonner, and John McClellan. The President provided instructions on managing the recording of the event and emphasized maintaining control over the release of information to the press.
- Presidential Schedule
- Congressional Reception
- Media Relations
- Event Management
- Public Relations
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NARA Description
On April 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:25 pm to 2:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 428-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 428-10
Date: April 12, 1973
Time: Between 2:25 pm and 2:27 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President’s schedule
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President’s schedule
-Congressional reception
-Set-up
-Speakers
-Gerald R. Ford, Hugh Scott, Joe D. Waggonner, Jr., John McClellan
-White House Press Room
-Remarks
-Format and arrangement
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 428-10 (cont’d)
-Recording
-Release of segments
-Ronald L. Ziegler
Bull left at 2:27 pm.Also recorded on April 12, 1973
- 044-154 1:21 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:21 pm and 2:23 pm.
- 428-005 1:21 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:21 pm and 2:23 pm.
- 044-155 2:23 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:23 pm and 2:24 pm.
- 044-164 2:23 PM · 6 sec — unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:23 pm and 2:24 pm.
- 428-009 2:23 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:23 pm.
- 044-156 2:27 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:28 pm.
- 428-011 2:27 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:27 pm to 2:28 pm.
- 428-012 2:30 PM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 3:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 428-010, April 12, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/428-010 (accessed October 5, 2026).