Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 647 › Conversation 647-020
Nixon & Bull on Oval Office administration and Presidential correspondence
Thursday, January 13, 1972 · 2:22 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to facilitate the delivery of specific items or documents. The brief exchange consists primarily of informal pleasantries as the materials are handed over to the President. No substantive policy discussions or major administrative decisions occurred during this interaction.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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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 2:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 647-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 647-20
Date: January 13, 1972
Time: 2:22 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Audio taping
The President and Bull left at 2:22 pm.Also recorded on January 13, 1972
- 647-018 2:14 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:14 pm and 2:16 pm.
- 647-019 2:16 PM · 6 min — Jon M. Huntsman, Mrs. Jon M. Huntsman, Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Paul Huntsman, Kathleen Huntsman, Kristina Huntsman, James Huntsman, Paul Huntsman, David Huntsman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:16 pm to 2:21 pm.
- 647-021 2:22 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:22 pm and 2:34 pm.
- 647-022 2:22 PM · 1 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 2:22 pm and 2:34 pm.
- 018-077 2:34 PM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:34 pm and 2:45 pm.
- 314-001 2:34 PM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, James D. ("Don") Hughes, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:34 pm to 3:41 pm.
- 018-078 2:45 PM · 46 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and James D. ("Don") Hughes talked on the telephone at 2:45 pm.
- 018-079 2:45 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 647-020, 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/647-020 (accessed September 30, 2026).