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Nixon & Bull on White House scheduling and Press relations

Friday, May 11, 1973 · 3:00 PM–3:01 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation434-025 on Tape 434StartFriday, May 11, 1973 at 3:00 PMEndFriday, May 11, 1973 at 3:01 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 434-025 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and aide Stephen B. Bull coordinate the scheduling and logistics for a private document signing session. Nixon emphasizes his desire to avoid media presence, explicitly instructing Bull that future signings and events should not be open to the press. The conversation serves as a directive to restrict public and photographic access to presidential activities moving forward.

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Hello.
I'd like to get that signing over a little earlier, because I might want to drive and things.
What time you got now?
Well, we do it at 3.30.
Fine.
Now, understand, it's, you know, this is a private signing, and we just want to make it, all right?
That would be very good for a change.
Okay, fine.
Hell no.
No, sir.
No, no, not until we've left.
Well, you understand why it can't be on the record.
You've got that.
When we're on the record, we've got 14 press cards, photograph cards, and compilers.
There ain't got to be that anymore.
Do you understand?
There'll never be an on-the-record drive again.
Ever.
Do you understand?
Okay.
Okay.

NARA Description

On May 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:00 pm to 3:01 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 434-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 434-25

Date: May 11, 1973
Time: 3:00 pm - 3:01 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 46-13]
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 434-9 (cont’d)

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  • 046-013 3:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:00 pm to 3:01 pm.
  • 046-014 3:01 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:07 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 434-025, May 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/434-025 (accessed October 5, 2026).