Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 724 › Conversation 724-007
Nixon & Bull on H.R. Haldeman and White House administration
Monday, May 15, 1972 · 5:14 PM–5:16 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, in the Oval Office to address administrative matters regarding the executive schedule. The primary focus of the discussion concerned the President's upcoming meeting with Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman. No substantive policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative briefing.
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NARA Description
On May 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 5:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 724-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 724-7
Date: May 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:14 and 5:16 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President's schedule
-Meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:16 pm.Also recorded on May 15, 1972
- 024-082 5:06 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 5:10 pm.
- 724-006 5:06 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:06 pm to 5:14 pm.
- 724-010 5:06 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:06 pm.
- 024-083 5:10 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:10 pm to 5:13 pm.
- 024-084 5:16 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 5:21 pm.
- 724-008 5:16 PM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, John B. Connally, Ronald L. Ziegler, Cornelia Wallace, Edward M. Kennedy, Eugene T. Rossides, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:16 pm to 6:06 pm.
- 024-085 5:21 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:21 pm to 5:23 pm.
- 024-086 5:24 PM · 10 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:24 pm and 5:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 724-007, May 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/724-007 (accessed October 9, 2026).