Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 732 › Conversation 732-007

Nixon & Bull on Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty and SALT

Tuesday, June 13, 1972 · 11:15 AM–11:17 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation732-007 on Tape 732 (tape position 01:53:19–01:55:05)StartTuesday, June 13, 1972 at 11:15 AMEndTuesday, June 13, 1972 at 11:17 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 732-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to discuss the drafting and preparation of an address regarding the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT). The brief meeting served to coordinate the final text of the speech for the President's upcoming public presentation. No further policy decisions were recorded during this session.

Audio

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NARA Description

On June 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:15 am to 11:17 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 732-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 732-7

Date: June 13, 1972
Time: 11:15-11:17 am.
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT] address
           -Text

Bull left at 11:17 am.

Also recorded on June 13, 1972

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  • 732-005 9:39 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford, Clark MacGregor, Herbert G. Klein, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:39 am to 9:50 am.
  • 732-006 9:52 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, John C. Stennis, and Thomas C. Korologos met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:52 am to 11:09 am.
  • 732-008 11:17 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:17 am and 11:28 am.
  • 732-009 11:36 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:36 am and 11:43 am.
  • 732-010 11:36 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:36 am and 11:43 am.
  • 732-011 11:43 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 1:18 pm.
  • 025-056 11:45 AM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Charles W. Colson, and W. Richard Howard talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:45 am and 12:27 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 732-007, June 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/732-007 (accessed October 12, 2026).