Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 438 › Conversation 438-037
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Stephen B. Bull
Tuesday, May 22, 1973 · 12:55 PM–2:31 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, to provide specific directives regarding the handling and delivery of sensitive White House papers. The brief interaction focused on the procedural logistics of document management within the Executive Office Building. No further policy or political developments were recorded during this exchange.
- Stephen B. Bull
- document management
- White House operations
- administrative instructions
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NARA Description
On May 22, 1973, 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 12:55 pm and 2:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 438-037 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 438-37
Date: May 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:55 pm and 2:31 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Instructions
-Papers
-Delivery
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:31 pm.Also recorded on May 22, 1973
- 046-144 12:27 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 12:35 pm.
- 438-033 12:27 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 12:27 pm and 12:35 pm.
- 046-145 12:35 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 12:35 pm to 12:38 pm.
- 438-034 12:35 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:35 pm to 12:38 pm.
- 438-035 12:38 PM · 1 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 12:38 pm and 12:50 pm.
- 438-036 12:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:50 pm to 12:55 pm.
- 440-001 12:55 PM · 20 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 12:55 pm and 2:31 pm.
- 440-002 12:55 PM · 9 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 12:55 pm and 2:31 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 438-037, May 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/438-037 (accessed October 12, 2026).