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Nixon & Bull on Emilio Rabasa Mishkin and White House photography

Friday, June 16, 1972 · 11:18 AM–11:22 AM ET · Oval Office · 50 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation737-003 on Tape 737 (tape position 01:34:01–01:35:24)StartFriday, June 16, 1972 at 11:18 AMEndFriday, June 16, 1972 at 11:22 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 737-003 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417181491 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to coordinate scheduling details regarding the President’s meeting with Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations Emilio Rabasa Mishkin. The discussion focused on logistical arrangements for the encounter, including a potential photo opportunity on the South Lawn involving Ron Ziegler. Nixon approved the plan for the press to capture images of him with the Secretary following the meeting.

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NARA Description

On June 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:18 am and 11:22 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 737-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 737-3

Date: June 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:18 and 11:22 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

      The President's schedule
           -Emilio Rabasa Mishkin
           -William P. Rogers
           -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
           -Ronald L. Ziegler
                 -Possible photograph
                       -South lawn
           -Luis Echeverria Alvarez
           -Photographs

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:22 am.
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

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Mr. President, the Secretary of Foreign Relations with Boston is here.
Would you like to join us?
Sure.
The Secretary of Foreign Relations is representing you at the funeral, so he will not be your ex-lover.
If you're ready for him now.
Yeah, well, uh, yeah, well, that's fine.
That's not the table he's here for.
Bring him right in.
Upon impartion, there will be a press conference.
Sure.
If you wish to walk on the lawn, as was indicated.
Memo from Ziegler.
It might be an interesting picture.
Near the conclusion of your meeting, sir, around noon or so, noon or 5 or 10 after, if you want me to share a presentation for you, is South Lawn.
The press will already be positioned here.
You might just go past the cars.
They can take a picture of you and presentation for you as you show up in Lawn.
All right, I'll call it.
If you'd like to do it, I'll call it.
All right, guys.

Also recorded on June 16, 1972

  • 737-002 10:18 AM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Clark MacGregor, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Thomas C. Korologos, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:18 am and 11:18 am.
  • 737-004 11:22 AM · 1 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Luis Echeverria Alvarez, Emilio Rabasa Mishkin, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Donald F. Barnes met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:22 am to 12:26 pm.
  • 025-071 12:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard M. Helms talked on the telephone from 12:20 pm to 12:33 pm.
  • 737-005 12:33 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Vernon C. Coffey, Jr., and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:33 pm to 2:38 pm.
  • 737-006 12:38 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:44 pm.
  • 737-007 12:44 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John A. Vann, John A. Vann, Thomas Vann, Peter Vann, Frank Vann, Eugene Vann, Dorothy Vann Cadorette, Dorothy Vann Cadorette, Mary Jane Vann, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, Ronald L. Ziegler, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Vernon C. Coffey, Jr., John K. Andrews, Jr., and Joseph W. Alsop met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:44 pm to 12:53 pm.
  • 737-008 12:53 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 12:56 pm.
  • 737-009 12:56 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, John D. Ehrlichman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:56 pm to 1:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 737-003, June 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417181491). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/737-003 (accessed November 2, 2026).