Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 646 › Conversation 646-003

Nixon, Agnew & Bull on John Ehrlichman

Wednesday, January 12, 1972 · 4:30 PM ET · Oval Office · 57 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]; Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President)Conversation646-003 on Tape 646 (tape position 00:29:41–00:30:31)StartWednesday, January 12, 1972 at 4:30 PMEndWednesday, January 12, 1972 at 4:30 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 646-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Vice President Spiro Agnew and staff member Stephen Bull to coordinate administrative scheduling and internal communications. The discussion centered on organizing a series of briefings involving John Ehrlichman, John Dean, and others to align key personnel on policy priorities. Nixon directed the participants to facilitate these discussions to ensure that the individuals involved were properly prepared for upcoming consultations.

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NARA Description

On January 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 646-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 646-3

Date: January 12, 1972
Time: 4:30 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull; an unknown woman and Vice President Spiro T.
Agnew can be heard in the background

     John D. Ehrlichman
          -Schedule

Bull left at 4:30 pm.

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Good.
It's out there.
I've got a stew.
Sure shows you have some real good breathing on the place.
Great call.
That was a good job.
All right.
That's a good call.
Very good.

Also recorded on January 12, 1972

  • 646-001 4:02 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:04 pm.
  • 646-002 4:04 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:04 pm to 4:30 pm.
  • 646-004 4:30 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Rosemary Manarin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:30 pm to 4:34 pm.
  • 646-005 4:34 PM · 1 hr 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George W. Romney, John D. Ehrlichman, John C. Whitaker, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, John N. Mitchell, Rose Mary Woods, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:34 pm to 6:21 pm.
  • 646-006 6:21 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:21 pm and 6:23 pm.
  • 646-007 6:23 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:23 pm and 10:59 pm.
  • 018-071 7:30 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:30 pm and 8:09 pm.
  • 018-072 8:09 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 8:09 pm to 8:11 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 646-003, January 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/646-003 (accessed November 2, 2026).