Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 686 › Conversation 686-002

Nixon & Bull on H.R. Haldeman

Friday, March 17, 1972 · 7:51 AM–7:58 AM ET · Oval Office · 34 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation686-002 on Tape 686 (tape position 00:04:11–00:04:42)StartFriday, March 17, 1972 at 7:51 AMEndFriday, March 17, 1972 at 7:58 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 686-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to coordinate his daily schedule. The primary focus of the discussion was the preparation for an upcoming meeting with White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman. This brief session served to organize the President's priorities and manage the flow of administrative business for the morning.

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NARA Description

On March 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:51 am and 7:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 686-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 686-2

Date: March 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:51 and 7:58 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Forthcoming meeting with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Bull left, at an unknown time before 7:58 am.

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Also recorded on March 17, 1972

  • 686-001 7:51 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:51 am and 7:58 am.
  • 686-003 7:51 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:51 am and 7:58 am.
  • 686-004 7:58 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:58 am to 8:04 am.
  • 686-005 9:54 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 9:56 am.
  • 686-006 9:56 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Barbara H. Franklin, Judy Kaufman, Jacqueline G. Gutwillig, Virginia R. Allan, Dr. Margaret Long Arnold, Mrs. Paul Bethel, Lorraine L. Blair, Julie Casterman Connor, Sarah Jane Cunningham, Robert A. Griffin, Maxine R. Hacke, Mrs. Charles M. Hamel, Margaret J. Mealey, Hazel Palmer, Mrs. Chapman Revercomb, Mrs. Daniel H. Wasserman, Irene Wischer, Elizabeth D. Koontz, Catherine East, Bertha Whittaker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:56 am to 10:08 am.
  • 686-007 10:09 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:09 am to 10:13 am.
  • 095-002 10:13 AM · 1 hr 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Security Council, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, Gen. George A. Lincoln, John B. Connally, John N. Irwin, II, Richard M. Helms, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Ronald I. Spiers, David M. Kennedy, Gerard C. Smith, Philip J. Farley, Spurgeon M. Keeny, Jr., [Name withdrawn], Gen. Royal B. Allison, Paul H. Nitze, Henry A. Kissinger, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, Philip A. Odeen, Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, and Gardiner L. Tucker, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:13 am and 11:54 am.
  • 686-008 11:55 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:55 am to 12:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 686-002, March 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/686-002 (accessed November 2, 2026).