Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 748 › Conversation 748-001
Nixon & Bull on Charles W. Colson and White House administration
Thursday, July 20, 1972 · 9:33 AM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to coordinate his daily schedule. The primary focus of the brief discussion centered on managing appointments, specifically concerning Charles W. Colson. This meeting served as a routine administrative briefing to organize the President’s upcoming engagements.
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NARA Description
On July 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:33 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 748-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 748-1
Date: July 20, 1972
Time: 9:33 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Charles W. Colson
Bull left at 9:33 am.Also recorded on July 20, 1972
- 748-002 9:33 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:33 am to 9:45 am.
- 027-016 9:45 AM · 26 sec — the White House operator, Charles W. Colson, President Richard M. Nixon, and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 9:53 am.
- 748-003 9:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Marjorie P. Acker, Margaretta ("Happy") Rockefeller, and Jay Lovestone met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:45 am to 10:38 am.
- 027-017 9:54 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:54 am.
- 027-018 9:54 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Margaretta ("Happy") Rockefeller talked on the telephone from 9:54 am to 9:56 am.
- 027-019 9:56 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:56 am and 10:38 am.
- 027-020 9:56 AM · 17 sec — Charles W. Colson and Jay Lovestone talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:56 am and 10:38 am.
- 748-004 10:38 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:38 am and 10:59 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 748-001, July 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/748-001 (accessed October 2, 2026).