President Nixon instructed his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to strictly prohibit the inclusion of family members in future military interviews. Nixon emphasized that previous attempts to enforce this policy had failed, explicitly forbidding any recurrence of these combined meetings. The exchange served as a firm directive to ensure that all future interactions with the military remain restricted to official personnel only.
On June 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:20 pm to 3:21 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 445-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 445-19 Date: June 13, 1973 Time: 3:20 pm - 3:21 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Stephen B. Bull. [See Conversation No. 40-77]
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