Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 659 › Conversation 659-021
Nixon & Bull on Frank A. Bonadio and Labor relations
Friday, January 28, 1972 · 2:51 PM–2:59 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and an unidentified individual to facilitate a brief introduction. The primary purpose of this encounter was to introduce Frank A. Bonadio, a prominent labor leader, to the President. The meeting concluded shortly after these formalities were exchanged without significant policy discussion.
- Frank A. Bonadio
- Labor relations
- Oval Office meeting
- Personnel introduction
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On January 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 2:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 659-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 659-21
Date: January 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:51 pm and 2:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull and an unknown person.
Greeting
Introduction
-Frank A. Bonadio
The President, et al. left at 2:59 pm.Also recorded on January 28, 1972
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- 659-011 2:51 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 2:59 pm.
- 659-012 2:51 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 2:59 pm.
- 088-003 2:59 PM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission, including James D. Hodgson, Richard C. Van Dusen, J. Curtis Counts, John T. Dunlop, Frank A. Bonadio, Maurice A. Hutcheson, Martin J. Ward, Hunter P. Wharton, Carl M. Halvorson, Robert L. Higgins, John A. Stastny, Laurence H. Silberman, Willie J. Usery, Jr., Michael H. Moskow, Peter Fosco, John H. ("Jack") Lyons, Charles H. Pillard, Joseph T. Power, Thomas H. Owens, William E. Dunn, James H. Ferguson, Joseph Rich, George A. Miller, Fred R. Stevens, Dale R. Witcraft, David P. Lafayette, E. Carl Uehlein, Jr., D. Quinn Mills, Edward F. Carlough, John W. Healy, II, Robert A. Georgine, William Sidell, and Donald H. Rumsfeld, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 2:59 pm to 3:50 pm.
- 659-022 2:59 PM · 58 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:59 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 088-004 3:50 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 3:50 pm on January 28, 1972 and 1:30 pm on January 31, 1972.
- 659-013 3:50 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:50 pm to 3:52 pm.
- 659-014 3:52 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:52 pm and 4:06 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 659-021, January 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/659-021 (accessed October 12, 2026).