Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 701 › Conversation 701-013
Nixon, McClintock & Strachan on Personnel and Campaign Committee
Tuesday, April 4, 1972 · 12:12 PM–12:13 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met briefly with Stephen B. Bull, LynRae McClintock, and Gordon C. Strachan to facilitate a personal introduction. The conversation focused on McClintock's background, including her hometown of Riverside, California, and her upcoming departure to work for the campaign committee. The brief exchange concluded with the President presenting a small gift to McClintock.
- Personnel
- Campaign Committee
- Southern California
- Gifts
- White House Staff
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NARA Description
On April 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, LynRae McClintock, and Gordon C. Strachan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:12 pm to 12:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 701-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 701-13
Date: April 4, 1972
Time: 12:12 pm - 12:13 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull, LynRae McClintock and Gordon C. Strachan.
Introduction
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:13 pm.
Change of jobs
Photographs
Home
-New job
-Hometown
-College [University of Southern California]
-Major
-Hometown [Riverside]
-High School
-Gift
Gift
McClintock et al. left at 12:13 pm.Also recorded on April 4, 1972
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- 701-011 11:58 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, Oscar Dystel, Markus Jaffe, Samuel Schulman, Richard L. Wilson, Herbert G. Klein, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:58 am and 12:11 pm.
- 701-012 12:11 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:12 pm.
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- 701-015 1:15 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:17 pm.
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- 701-017 1:17 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:17 pm to 1:32 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 701-013, April 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/701-013 (accessed October 12, 2026).