Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 686 › Conversation 686-003

Nixon & Bull on William Warnock and Ireland

Friday, March 17, 1972 · 7:51 AM–7:58 AM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation686-003 on Tape 686 (tape position 00:04:42–00:05:51)StartFriday, March 17, 1972 at 7:51 AMEndFriday, March 17, 1972 at 7:58 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 686-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review his upcoming daily schedule. The discussion focused on final preparations for a meeting with Irish Ambassador William Warnock, with potential input from National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. No further substantive policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative briefing.

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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 686-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 686-3

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 William Warnock
               -Ireland
               -Henry A. Kissinger

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

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and blue water actually, and .
I think it's an addiction that's needed to, you know, carry with the message, and I think it's good to see the bipartisan that we all need to hang on to for years and years and years.

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.
  • 686-002 7:51 AM · 34 sec — 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 686-003, 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/686-003 (accessed October 29, 2026).