Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 686 › Conversation 686-005
Nixon & Bull on photograph session
Friday, March 17, 1972 · 9:54 AM–9:56 AM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his daily schedule. The brief discussion focused on logistical arrangements for an upcoming meeting and a formal photograph session. No significant policy decisions were made during this administrative planning session.
- Presidential schedule
- White House operations
- Stephen B. Bull
- photograph session
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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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 9:54 am and 9:56 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 686-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 686-5
Date: March 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:54 and 9:56 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
[The conversation began in progress.]
The President's schedule
-Upcoming meeting
-Photograph session
Bull leftat an unknown time before 9:56 am.Also recorded on March 17, 1972
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- 686-002 7:51 AM · 31 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.
- 686-003 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.
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- 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Thomas H. Moorer, Ronald I. Spiers, David M. Kennedy, Gerard C. Smith, Philip J. Farley, Spurgeon M. Keeny, Jr., [Name withdrawn], Gen.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.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 686-005, 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/686-005 (accessed October 3, 2026).