Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 685 › Conversation 685-014

Nixon & Bull on Luci Johnson Nugent and George H. Mahon

Tuesday, March 14, 1972 · 3:24 PM–3:25 PM ET · Oval Office · 56 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation685-014 on Tape 685 (tape position 05:31:19–05:32:14)StartTuesday, March 14, 1972 at 3:24 PMEndTuesday, March 14, 1972 at 3:25 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 685-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met briefly in the Oval Office to review administrative matters regarding the President’s upcoming schedule. The discussion primarily focused on coordinating meetings with various guests, including Luci Johnson Nugent, Tricia Nixon Cox, Patrick Nugent, and Congressman George H. Mahon. The meeting served to ensure logistical arrangements and proper protocol for these scheduled appointments.

Presidential schedule
Luci Johnson Nugent
George H. Mahon
White House protocol
Scheduling

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NARA Description

On March 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:24 pm to 3:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 685-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 685-14

Date: March 14, 1972

Time: 3:24 pm - 3:25 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

        The President's schedule
             -Forthcoming meeting with Luci (Johnson) Nugent
                   -Tricia Nixon Cox
                   -Patrick L. Nugent
                   -Daughter of Lyndon B. Johnson
             -Forthcoming meeting with George H. Mahon
                   -Helen (Stevenson) Mahon
                   -Maid of Cotton, Debbie Wright

Bull left.

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Hartford, if they give up Grinnell, Mitchell said, I haven't used language like that since I used to play Monopoly.

Which is not bad, given what that means.

Monopoly about?

Well, Monopoly, you trade one type for the other type.

You know the point of that 9M Waters from the last time it started?

It was all about Grinnell.

And they got the best back then, didn't they?

Don't talk that story.

I didn't want to force them into a front page correction because it wasn't backed up too much.

I thought that they might, in the future stories of the past, watch that and work a correction into that, which is a big deal.

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685-013 3:16 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:16 pm to 3:24 pm.
685-015 3:25 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Debbie Wright, George H. Mahon, Raymond L. Schafer, Macon T. Edwards, James T. Hazelwood, John E. Nidecker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:25 pm to 3:31 pm.
685-016 3:31 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 3:31 pm and 3:37 pm.
685-017 3:31 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 3:31 pm and 3:37 pm.
685-018 3:37 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Tricia Nixon Cox, Luci Johnson Nugent, Patrick L. Nugent, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:37 pm to 3:49 pm.
685-019 3:49 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:49 pm.
685-020 3:49 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:49 pm to 3:52 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 685-014, March 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/685-014 (accessed November 2, 2026).