Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 432 › Conversation 432-015

Nixon & Bull on Security arrangements

Wednesday, May 2, 1973 · 12:55 PM–12:58 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation432-015 on Tape 432StartWednesday, May 2, 1973 at 12:55 PMEndWednesday, May 2, 1973 at 12:58 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 432-015 ↗

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to finalize logistical arrangements for the President's upcoming visit to Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s residence. The discussion focused on coordinating transportation security and ensuring a discreet departure from the White House grounds to avoid public attention. Additionally, the pair briefly touched upon the President's broader schedule, including upcoming meetings in the Oval Office and engagements with the Labor-Management Advisory Committee.

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Now I believe that five minutes to six.
for Julie's place.
No delicious to be given to anybody.
And don't have to leave out this gate for so many people to see it, but I'll leave the south ground, so it's just about to be that way.
So you're going just like the Dennis, just like the Dennis, right?
And the,
Okay.
Thank you very much.

On May 2, 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 12:55 pm and 12:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 432-015 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 432-15

Date: May 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:55 pm and 12:58 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

       Item from Rose Mary Woods [?]

       President’s schedule
              -Meeting
                      -Oval Office
                             -Timing
              -Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s house
                      -President’s visit
                      -Ronald L. Ziegler
                      -Transportation arrangements for President
                             -Kennedy Center example
                             -Companion
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                              Conversation No. 432-15 (cont’d)

              -Labor-Management Advisory Committee

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:58 pm.
  • 045-142 12:48 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 12:48 pm to 12:49 pm.
  • 432-014 12:48 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:48 pm and 12:49 pm.
  • 432-018 12:55 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 2:22 pm.
  • 045-143 12:57 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 12:58 pm.
  • 045-144 12:58 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 12:58 pm to 12:59 pm.
  • 432-016 12:58 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:58 pm.
  • 432-017 12:58 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:58 pm to 12:59 pm.
  • 045-145 12:59 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 2:22 pm.

Conversation 432-015, May 2, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/432-015 (accessed October 5, 2026).