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Nixon & Bull on Presidential signatures and White House administration

Thursday, April 19, 1973 · 5:59 PM–6:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 34 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation429-020 on Tape 429StartThursday, April 19, 1973 at 5:59 PMEndThursday, April 19, 1973 at 6:00 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 429-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to verify the status of a specific memorandum requiring his signature. The brief discussion confirmed that the President had successfully applied a notation regarding a requested change to the document. This interaction served to finalize administrative processing for the paperwork on the President’s desk.

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I, uh, think I, on that, uh, Memorandum, I put a note up against the sign that said that's, that's the change.
I think you're right.
I think you're right.
I think you're right.
Okay.

NARA Description

On April 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:59 pm to 6:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 429-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 429-020

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

Date: April 19, 1973
Time: 5:59 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

       Memorandum
            -President's signature

       President's schedule

Bull left at 6:00 pm.

Also recorded on April 19, 1973

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  • 429-018 5:15 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:15 pm to 5:45 pm.
  • 038-120 5:43 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 5:43 pm to 5:45 pm.
  • 038-121 5:45 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:45 pm and 5:48 pm.
  • 038-122 5:58 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:58 pm to 5:59 pm.
  • 429-019 5:58 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:58 pm to 5:59 pm.
  • 038-123 6:00 PM · 3 min — John D. Ehrlichman and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:00 pm to 6:03 pm.
  • 429-021 6:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:00 pm to 6:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 429-020, April 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/429-020 (accessed October 5, 2026).