Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 445 › Conversation 445-027

Nixon & Bull on Congressional relations and White House logistics

Wednesday, June 13, 1973 · 5:22 PM–5:23 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 29 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation445-027 on Tape 445StartWednesday, June 13, 1973 at 5:22 PMEndWednesday, June 13, 1973 at 5:23 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 445-027 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed Stephen B. Bull to monitor the status of a Congressional session and notify him immediately once it was ready for his attendance. The President expressed a strong desire to avoid any unnecessary waiting or idle time upon arrival. This brief exchange served as a coordination effort to ensure the President's schedule remained efficient regarding his planned appearance.

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Yeah.

You watch the situation over there as soon as the Congress is virtually there, give me a ring.

Let me explain.

I don't want to go over there and sit and wait.

Excuse me.

I don't want to wait.

I don't want to wait like a glass dog is there or something.

Okay.

NARA Description

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 5:22 pm to 5:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 445-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 445-27
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 445-27 (cont’d)

Date: June 13, 1973
Time: 5:22 pm - 5:23 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 40-80]

Also recorded on June 13, 1973

126-001 4:32 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including [David] Kenneth Rush, George P. Shultz, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, Elliot L. Richardson, J. Philip Campbell, Frederick B. Dent, Richard F. Schubert, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, John W. Barnum, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, George H. W. Bush, Herbert Stein, John T. Dunlop, Rogers C. B. Morton, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, General Brent G. Scowcroft, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Virginia H. Knauer, David R. Gergen, David N. Parker, Frederic V. Malek, and Arthur J. Sohmer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 5:42 pm.
040-080 5:22 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 5:22 pm to 5:23 pm.
040-081 5:39 PM · 26 sec — Stephen B. Bull and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:39 pm to 5:40 pm.
445-028 5:39 PM · 25 sec — Stephen B. Bull and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:39 pm to 5:40 pm.
445-029 5:40 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Nellie L. Yates, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 6:54 pm.
445-030 5:40 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 6:54 pm.
445-031 5:40 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 6:54 pm.
126-002 5:42 PM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, John T. Dunlop, and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, John G. Tower, Russell B. Long, Wallace F. Bennett, William Proxmire, Jacob K. Javits, Milton R. Young, Carl B. Albert, Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr., Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, Wright Patman, William B. Widnall, Herman T. Schneebeli, Roy L. Ash, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., William E. Timmons, Thomas C. Korologos, Max L. Friedersdorf, John J. McFall, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:42 pm to 6:52 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 445-027, June 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/445-027 (accessed October 9, 2026).