Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 650 › Conversation 650-001
Nixon & Bull on West Coast dock strike and Economic policy
Tuesday, January 18, 1972 · 9:25 AM–9:48 AM ET · Oval Office · 23 sec
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On January 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 9:48 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 650-001 of the White House Tapes.
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Conversation No. 650-1
Date: January 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:25 am and 9:48 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President's schedule
-John D. Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz
-Forthcoming afternoon meeting with the President
-West Coast dock strike
-Scheduling after the President's meeting with John B. Connally and
Arthur F. Burns
-Barber
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:48 am.Transcript (AI-generated)
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- 018-098 10:14 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:14 am.
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- 650-006 10:17 AM · 1 hr 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Rose Mary Woods, unknown person(s), White House operator, and William L. Safire met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:17 am to 11:27 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 650-001, January 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417180417). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/650-001 (accessed November 2, 2026).