Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 443 › Conversation 443-021
Nixon & Bull on Congressional relations and Bryce N. Harlow
Wednesday, June 6, 1973 · 4:38 PM–4:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate administrative adjustments following the cancellation of a scheduled reception for Congressmen. The discussion focused on rescheduling the event and managing logistics for key advisors, including John B. Connally, Bryce N. Harlow, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Nixon explicitly directed Bull to summon Harlow immediately to address these logistical concerns and voting implications in the House of Representatives.
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NARA Description
On June 6, 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 4:38 pm and 4:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 443-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 443-21
Date: June 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:38 pm and 4:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President’s schedule
-Reception with Congressmen
-Cancellation
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Conversation No. 443-21 (cont’d)
-Votes in House of Representatives
-John J. Rhodes’ call to William E. Timmons
-Rescheduling
-President’s efforts
-John B. Connally, Bryce N. Harlow, Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Sequoia
-Harlow
-Haig
-Connally
-Transportation
-Bull’s forthcoming conversation with Haig
-Harlow
-President’s transportation
Bull left at an unknown time before 4:40 pm.Also recorded on June 6, 1973
- 443-019 4:38 PM · 14 sec — 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 4:38 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 443-020 4:38 PM · 13 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:38 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 039-115 4:40 PM · 3 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:40 pm to 4:44 pm.
- 443-022 4:40 PM · 3 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:40 pm to 4:44 pm.
- 039-116 4:44 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:44 pm and 4:46 pm.
- 443-023 4:44 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 4:44 pm and 4:46 pm.
- 443-038 4:44 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 4:44 pm and 4:46 pm.
- 039-117 4:46 PM · 29 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 4:46 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 443-021, June 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/443-021 (accessed September 28, 2026).