Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 704 › Conversation 704-002
Nixon & Bull on Henry Kissinger and Anatoliy Dobrynin
Thursday, April 6, 1972 · 8:45 AM–8:58 AM ET · Oval Office · 27 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate upcoming administrative schedules. The discussion focused on finalizing the arrangements for Henry Kissinger’s meeting with Soviet Ambassador Anatoliy Dobrynin and setting the timing for the President’s meeting with General John W. Vogt, Jr. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative check-in.
- Henry Kissinger
- Anatoliy Dobrynin
- John W. Vogt Jr.
- White House scheduling
- Diplomacy
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NARA Description
On April 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 704-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 704-2
Date: April 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:45 am and 8:58 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Henry A. Kissinger's schedule
-Meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-The President’s schedule
-Gen. John W. Vogt, Jr.
Bull left at an unknown time before 8:58 am.Also recorded on April 6, 1972
- 022-090 7:00 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:00 pm to 7:09 pm.
- 022-091 7:09 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:09 pm and 7:12 pm.
- 022-092 7:09 PM · 6 sec — unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:09 pm and 7:12 pm.
- 022-093 7:12 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:12 pm to 7:31 pm.
- 704-001 8:45 AM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:58 am.
- 704-003 8:58 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:58 am to 9:26 am.
- 329-013 9:26 AM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and John W. Vogt, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:26 am to 10:10 am.
- 704-004 9:26 AM · 1 min — unknown person(s) and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:26 am and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 704-002, April 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/704-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).