Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 668 › Conversation 668-001

Bull on Oval Office operations and unidentified participants

Wednesday, February 9, 1972 · 7:58 PM–8:28 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsBull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation668-001 on Tape 668 (tape position 00:00:32–00:00:35)StartWednesday, February 9, 1972 at 7:58 PMEndWednesday, February 9, 1972 at 8:28 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 668-001 ↗

AI Summary

Stephen B. Bull met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office for a brief, undocumented interaction. The available audio consists primarily of unintelligible segments, yielding no substantive discussion or identifiable policy developments. The exchange concluded within thirty minutes, leaving the purpose of the meeting unresolved.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On February 9, 1972, Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:58 pm and 8:28 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 668-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 668-1

Date: February 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:58 am and 8:28 am
Location: Oval Office

Stephen B. Bull [?] met with an unknown person.

     [Unintelligible]

Bull left at an unknown time before 8:28 am.

Also recorded on February 10, 1972

  • 320-030 4:00 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:55 pm.
  • 669-001 4:00 PM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm.
  • 320-031 4:55 PM · 1 hr 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:55 pm to 6:30 pm.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 668-001, February 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/668-001 (accessed October 2, 2026).