Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 705 › Conversation 705-001

Nixon & Bull on Time management

Monday, April 10, 1972 · 8:36 AM–8:57 AM ET · Oval Office · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation705-001 on Tape 705 (tape position 00:17:10–00:19:15)StartMonday, April 10, 1972 at 8:36 AMEndMonday, April 10, 1972 at 8:57 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 705-001 ↗

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to review and finalize the President’s upcoming daily schedule. The discussion focused on the management of his appointments and administrative agenda for the day. No further significant policy decisions or developments were recorded during this brief administrative session.

Download MP3 · 0.2 MB

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

On April 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:36 am and 8:57 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 705-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 705-1

Date: April 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:36 am and 8:57 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 8:57 am.
  • 705-002 8:57 AM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:57 am to 9:55 am.
  • 705-003 9:55 AM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:55 am to 10:38 am.
  • 705-004 11:30 AM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:30 am to 11:33 am.
  • 705-005 11:33 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:33 am and 11:41 am.
  • 705-006 11:33 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:33 am and 11:41 am.
  • 705-007 11:41 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:41 am to 11:44 am.
  • 705-008 11:44 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 11:45 am.
  • 705-009 11:45 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William J. Porter, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:45 am to 12:23 pm.

Conversation 705-001, April 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/705-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).