Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 683 › Conversation 683-002

Nixon & Bull on Ronald L. Ziegler and White House administration

Monday, March 13, 1972 · 8:54 AM–9:41 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation683-002 on Tape 683 (tape position 00:18:45–00:19:34)StartMonday, March 13, 1972 at 8:54 AMEndMonday, March 13, 1972 at 9:41 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 683-002 ↗

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to coordinate his daily schedule. The primary objective of the session was to organize the President's upcoming meeting with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. Following this brief administrative check-in, Bull departed the office to facilitate the requested scheduling arrangements.

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On March 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:54 am and 9:41 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 683-002 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 683-2

Date: March 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:54 am and 9:41 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President’s schedule
          -Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:41 am.
  • 683-001 8:54 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:54 am and 9:41 am.
  • 683-003 9:41 AM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:41 am to 10:15 am.
  • 021-048 10:06 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 10:06 am to 10:07 am.
  • 021-049 10:07 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:07 am and 11:16 am.
  • 683-004 10:15 AM · 1 hr 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, Croby S. Noyes, Constance M. Stuart, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:15 am to 12:01 pm.
  • 021-050 11:16 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Croby S. Noyes talked on the telephone from 11:16 am to 11:21 am.
  • 021-051 11:21 AM · 7 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 3:50 pm.
  • 021-052 11:21 AM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Constance M. Stuart talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 3:50 pm.

Conversation 683-002, March 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/683-002 (accessed October 3, 2026).