Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 714 › Conversation 714-019

Nixon & Bull on Bob Hope and Public relations

Thursday, April 20, 1972 · 4:16 PM–4:18 PM ET · Oval Office · 58 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation714-019 on Tape 714 (tape position 04:02:43–04:03:33)StartThursday, April 20, 1972 at 4:16 PMEndThursday, April 20, 1972 at 4:18 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 714-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to facilitate the scheduling of an upcoming visit by entertainer Bob Hope. The primary objective of the meeting was to coordinate Hope's arrival and manage his interactions with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Ronald L. Ziegler. Nixon emphasized the urgency of the logistics, specifically tasking Bull with capturing photographs of the guest before anticipated weather complications.

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Position in tape: 04:02:43 – 04:03:33

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NARA Description

On April 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:16 pm and 4:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 714-019 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 714-19

Date: April 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:16 pm and 4:18 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
           -Arrival
                 -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
           -Conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler
           -Meeting with the President
                 -Scheduling

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:18 pm.

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Yes.

We're all set now.

I should go, ma'am, don't you?

Someone just told me she wasn't going out.

Maybe I should call her.

Well, sorry.

I'll speak to her.

I'm going to report to you.

There tonight.

Okay.

But...

I think I'll go up there any minute.

I think I'm better off then.

You should get up there.

Also recorded on April 20, 1972

023-056 3:15 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger talked on the telephone from 3:15 pm to 3:19 pm.
023-057 3:19 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:19 pm and 3:36 pm.
023-058 3:36 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 3:36 pm to 3:43 pm.
714-020 4:18 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:18 pm to 4:21 pm.
714-021 4:21 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Lelsie T. ("Bob") Hope, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:21 pm to 4:24 pm.
714-022 4:29 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Lelsie T. ("Bob") Hope, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:29 pm to 4:48 pm.
714-023 4:48 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:48 pm and 4:49 pm.
714-024 4:49 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:49 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 714-019, April 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/714-019 (accessed November 2, 2026).