Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 727 › Conversation 727-002

Nixon & Bull on White House scheduling and Presidential agenda

Friday, June 2, 1972 · 9:11 AM–9:45 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation727-002 on Tape 727 (tape position 00:34:04–01:00:34)StartFriday, June 2, 1972 at 9:11 AMEndFriday, June 2, 1972 at 9:45 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 727-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his morning schedule and manage upcoming appointments. The discussion focused on the timing of a bipartisan congressional leadership meeting and a subsequent session with John D. Ehrlichman. Nixon also issued a specific directive for Bull to arrange a meeting with Henry Kissinger prior to the start of the leadership conference.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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1:00:20I'll see you.

1:00:20The leaders meeting should be over in an hour and a half, less than 30 minutes.

1:00:27I'll see you at that time.

1:00:30If it isn't over, but then I'll see you at 12.

1:00:32Yes, sir.

1:00:32Will you see if Kissinger Street can come in before the meeting?

NARA Description

On June 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:11 am and 9:45 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 727-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 727-2

Date: June 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:11 and 9:45 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Bi-partisan congressional leadership meeting
          -John D. Ehrlichman

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:45 am.

Also recorded on June 2, 1972

025-006 11:49 PM · 10 sec — Edward R. F. Cox and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 11:49 pm on June 1, 1972 and 8:30 am on June 6, 1972.
727-001 8:25 AM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:25 am to 9:11 am.
727-003 9:11 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:11 am and 9:45 am.
727-004 9:11 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:11 am and 9:45 am.
727-005 9:45 AM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:45 am to 10:03 am.
727-006 10:03 AM · 31 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:03 am and 12:08 pm.
727-007 12:08 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:08 pm and 12:25 pm.
727-008 12:25 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 1:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 727-002, June 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/727-002 (accessed October 9, 2026).