Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 730 › Conversation 730-007

Nixon & Bull on Soviet Union and Sequoia

Monday, June 12, 1972 · 12:13 AM–12:19 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation730-007 on Tape 730 (tape position 02:29:55–02:35:08)StartMonday, June 12, 1972 at 12:13 AMEndMonday, June 12, 1972 at 12:19 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 730-007 ↗

President Richard Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review logistical arrangements regarding his official schedule. The discussion focused on administrative details surrounding the President's recent trip to the Soviet Union and plans for an upcoming excursion on the presidential yacht, the Sequoia. No major policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative check-in.

Audio for this conversation has not been released by the National Archives.

No transcript is available because the audio has not been released.

On June 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:13 am and 12:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 730-007 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 730-7

Date: June 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:13 and 12:19 pm.
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull. This recording began at an unknown time while the
conversation was in progress.

     The President's schedule
          -Soviet Union trip
          -Forthcoming trip on the Sequoia

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:19 pm.
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Conversation 730-007, June 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/730-007 (accessed September 30, 2026).