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Nixon & Bull on Executive Protocol and Time Management

Wednesday, June 13, 1973 · 5:39 PM–5:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 25 sec

ParticipantsBull, Stephen B.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation445-028 on Tape 445StartWednesday, June 13, 1973 at 5:39 PMEndWednesday, June 13, 1973 at 5:40 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 445-028 ↗

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull briefly coordinate the President's schedule for an upcoming evening engagement. Nixon expresses his intent to deliver a prepared statement and depart quickly due to the late hour. This interaction serves as a logistical adjustment to ensure the President's attendance at the meeting remains concise.

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Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Fine.
I've decided I'll just make a statement and leave because it's so late.
And I'm not going to stay here the meeting until .

On June 13, 1973, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 445-028 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 445-28

Date: June 13, 1973
Time: 5:39 pm - 5:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

Stephen B. Bull talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 40-81]
  • 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.
  • 445-027 5:22 PM · 29 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 445-029 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.

Conversation 445-028, 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/445-028 (accessed October 9, 2026).