Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 685 › Conversation 685-016

Nixon & Bull on Luci Baines Johnson and Patrick Nugent

Tuesday, March 14, 1972 · 3:31 PM–3:37 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation685-016 on Tape 685 (tape position 05:38:13–05:40:00)StartTuesday, March 14, 1972 at 3:31 PMEndTuesday, March 14, 1972 at 3:37 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 685-016 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate logistics for an upcoming social visit involving Luci Baines Johnson and Patrick Nugent. The discussion focused on scheduling details, including arrangements for Tricia Nixon Cox and the use of the tennis courts. Bull was tasked with managing these specific planning items for the President's guests.

Luci Baines Johnson
Patrick Nugent
White House scheduling
Tricia Nixon Cox
Social planning

Audio

part C, 1:33:47

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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 at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 3:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 685-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 685-16

Date: March 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:31 pm and 3:37 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

        The President's schedule
             -Forthcoming meeting with Luci (Johnson) Nugent
                   -Tricia Nixon Cox

                    -Tennis courts
                    -Patrick L. Nugent
                          -Footprints

Bull left.

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

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This is good.

Now we've all got this.

I don't know what this is, but we can't tell.

Yeah, we'll get it for all of them.

We'll get it for all of them.

Well, I'll take care of it since I'm fine still.

yeah yeah yeah yeah

See, this is the presidential studio.

Also recorded on March 14, 1972

021-067 3:15 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 4:18 pm.
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.
685-014 3:24 PM · 56 sec — 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.
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.
685-017 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 685-016, 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/685-016 (accessed November 3, 2026).