Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 690 › Conversation 690-010

Nixon & Bull on Drug policy and Bill signing ceremony

Tuesday, March 21, 1972 · 12:38 PM–12:43 PM ET · Oval Office · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation690-010 on Tape 690 (tape position 02:58:07–03:00:58)StartTuesday, March 21, 1972 at 12:38 PMEndTuesday, March 21, 1972 at 12:43 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 690-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate logistics for an upcoming bill signing ceremony. The discussion focused on the event schedule for the Special Action Office for Drug Addiction Prevention, which was slated to take place in the East Room. The brief meeting concluded with the two departing the Oval Office to proceed with these administrative arrangements.

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NARA Description

On March 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:43 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 690-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 690-010

Date: March 21, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:38 pm and 12:43 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Bill signing ceremony [Special Action Office for Drug Addiction Prevention]
                -East Room

The President and Bull left at an unknown time before 12:43 pm.

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  • 021-125 1:00 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:03 pm.
  • 690-011 1:00 PM · 1 hr 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, George P. Shultz, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 690-010, March 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/690-010 (accessed October 12, 2026).