President Nixon summoned his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, to the Oval Office for a brief morning meeting. The primary purpose of the discussion was the President's explicit request for the presence of special counsel Charles W. Colson. Bull complied with the instruction, marking the meeting as a logistical coordination effort to facilitate immediate contact with Colson.
On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:47 am and 7:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 656-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 656-3
Date: January 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:47 am and 7:52 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Request for Charles W. Colson
Bull left at an unknown time before 7:52 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.