Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 647 › Conversation 647-011

Nixon & Bull on H.R. Haldeman and White House administration

Thursday, January 13, 1972 · 12:36 PM–12:38 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation647-011 onTape 647 (tape position 02:19:29–02:20:07)StartThursday, January 13, 1972 at 12:36 PMEndThursday, January 13, 1972 at 12:38 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 647-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, to review and finalize the President's upcoming daily schedule. The brief discussion focused on coordinating a meeting with H.R. Haldeman immediately preceding a scheduled swearing-in ceremony. Bull also presented a book for the President to sign as part of his administrative duties.

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NARA Description

On January 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 12:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 647-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 647-11

Date: January 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:36 pm and 12:38 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman prior to swearing-in ceremony
          -Book for the President’s signature

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:38 pm.

Also recorded on January 13, 1972

647-009 11:11 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:11 am to 11:41 am.
647-010 11:41 AM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Neil H. McElroy, Dr. Sidney P. Marland, Jr., Elliot L. Richardson, John D. Ehrlichman, Lewis A. Engman, Roy D. Morey, Robert E. Merriam, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:41 am and 12:38 pm.
647-012 12:37 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Lt. Cmdr. James E. Sheehan, John Sheehan, Kathleen Sheehan, Kelly Sheehan, Kevin Sheehan, Eugene T. Sheehan, Edward J. Sheehan, Geneva Smith, Adm. Adm. C. D. Griffin, Louie B. Nunn, John Sherman Cooper, John J. Sparkman, Arthur F. Burns, J. L. Robertson, George W. Mitchell, J. Dewey Daane, Sherman J. Maisel, Andrew F. Brimmer, Robert Holland, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, Peter M. Flanigan, Frederic V. Malek, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and E. Pendleton James met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 1:02 pm.
647-013 1:02 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:02 pm and 1:03 pm.
647-014 1:03 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Arthene Cevey, Andrey Pontier, Karl Wunderlich, Peter Yu, Michael Slattery, Billy McNight, Richard Buck, Stephen Bazo, James Toomey, Russell Burke, Brian Clark, Phillip Beauregard, Pete Wyrough, Brooks Ross, Robert Jones, Brian Bunce, John Sharood, Peter McMahon, Francois VanDerMenbrugge, Christopher Cook, White House photographer, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:03 pm to 1:19 pm.
647-015 1:19 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Edwin M. Fauver, Mrs. Edwin M. Fauver, Ray M. Zook, Ronald L. Ziegler, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:19 pm to 1:23 pm.
647-016 1:23 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:23 pm to 1:24 pm.
647-017 1:24 PM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert O. Anderson, J. Erik Jonsson, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Leonard Garment, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:24 pm to 2:14 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 647-011, January 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/647-011 (accessed September 18, 2026).