Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 644 › Conversation 644-011

Nixon & Bull on White House administration and Staff coordination

Monday, January 10, 1972 · 12:00 PM–12:16 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation644-011 on Tape 644 (tape position 01:57:15–01:58:20)StartMonday, January 10, 1972 at 12:00 PMEndMonday, January 10, 1972 at 12:16 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 644-011 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, in the Oval Office to coordinate administrative tasks and internal scheduling. The discussion focused on managing the President's upcoming daily agenda and logistical arrangements for future meetings. No major policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative briefing.

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On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 12:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 644-011 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 644-11

Date: January 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:00 pm and 12:16 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     Instruction

     Scheduled meeting

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:16 pm.
  • 644-008 11:52 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:55 am.
  • 644-009 11:52 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:55 am.
  • 644-018 11:52 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:55 am.
  • 644-010 12:00 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 12:16 pm.
  • 644-012 12:16 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Barbara Dunn, Karl D. Bays, Earl W. Brian, Rita R. Campbell, D. Brooks Chandler, Jane Claflin, Frank C. Coleman, James R. Cowan, Theodore EW. Cummings, Rosamond C. Gabrielson, James W. Haviland, John A. Hill, Alice K. Leopold, Kenneth M. McCaffree, J. Alexander McMahon, C. Joseph Stetler, William H. Thomas, Samuel J. Tibbitts, Donald J. Walden, John C. Whitwell, Raymond J. Waldeman, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Stephen B. Bull, John Tomayko, Doreas Hardy, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:16 pm to 12:34 pm.
  • 644-013 12:34 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:34 pm.
  • 644-014 12:35 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, [David] Kenneth Rush, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, White House photographer, White House operator, and Peter M. Flanigan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 1:24 pm.
  • 018-030 12:58 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:58 pm and 1:11 pm.

Conversation 644-011, January 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/644-011 (accessed September 29, 2026).