Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 656 › Conversation 656-026
Nixon & Bull on John B. Connally
Wednesday, January 26, 1972 · 2:00 PM ET · Oval Office · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to coordinate his official schedule. The discussion focused primarily on arranging a meeting with John B. Connally. Following the brief briefing, the session concluded with Bull’s departure.
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NARA Description
On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 656-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 656-26
Date: January 26, 1972
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President’s schedule
-John B. Connally
Bull left at 2:00 pm.Also recorded on January 26, 1972
- 019-102 1:02 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:02 pm and 1:58 pm.
- 019-104 1:58 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:58 pm.
- 019-105 1:58 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:58 pm.
- 656-024 1:58 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:58 pm.
- 019-106 2:00 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:00 pm.
- 019-107 2:00 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 3:23 pm.
- 656-025 2:00 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:00 pm.
- 656-027 2:00 PM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, White House operator, Arthur F. Burns, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, Stephen B. Bull, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:00 pm to 3:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 656-026, January 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/656-026 (accessed October 6, 2026).