Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 435 › Conversation 435-027
Nixon & Bull on Personnel identification and White House logistics
Monday, May 14, 1973 · 3:36 PM–3:37 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·30 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and aide Stephen B. Bull briefly conferred regarding the identity of an individual, likely named Mark, who had been observed in the vicinity. The brief exchange focused on verifying this person's presence before Nixon subsequently met with an unidentified man to discuss the removal of specific materials. The conversation serves primarily as a logistical check preceding a sensitive, short-duration meeting.
- Personnel identification
- White House logistics
- Document management
- Stephen B. Bull
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NARA Description
On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:36 pm to 3:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 435-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 435-27
Date: May 15, 1973
Time: 3:36 pm-3:37 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.
[See Conversation No. 46-59]
Conversation 435-44
Date: May 15, 1973
Time: 3:37 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown man.
Removal of something
The unknown man left at 3:37 pm.Also recorded on May 14, 1973
- 435-028 3:37 PM · 9 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 3:37 pm and 3:38 pm.
- 435-029 3:38 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:38 pm to 3:42 pm.
- 435-030 3:42 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 3:42 pm and 3:44 pm.
- 435-031 3:44 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:44 pm to 3:51 pm.
- 046-029 3:51 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:51 pm to 3:52 pm.
- 435-032 3:51 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 4:19 pm.
- 435-033 3:51 PM · 11 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 3:51 pm and 4:19 pm.
- 436-010 3:51 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:51 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 435-027, May 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/435-027 (accessed September 18, 2026).