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Nixon & Bull on Camp David and White House Staff

Friday, July 28, 1972 · 11:11 AM–11:15 AM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation756-006 on Tape 756StartFriday, July 28, 1972 at 11:11 AMEndFriday, July 28, 1972 at 11:15 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 756-006 ↗

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull reviewed the President’s upcoming schedule, specifically focusing on coordinating logistics for a trip to Camp David. They discussed travel timing, including the departure for the President’s wife and guests, as well as arrangements for dinner involving Rose Mary Woods and Dr. Walter Tkach. The conversation concluded with a decision to finalize the travel itinerary and arrival times for the weekend retreat.

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um that early
three hours without question cards three six we'll have to sit around for an hour after six maybe seven o'clock would be pretty close
Number five, it has to be later.
That's my problem.
Don't alert it to the second consent.
Just try to be here by seven.
All right.
So you wanted to have dinner with all of them tonight.
I understand.
Rosewoods.
Right.
God knows.
And Takashi dinner.
Right.
They should have walked in the same.
I don't know.
All right.
So we'll just set it at ten and leave it at seven.
Everyone will understand that you need to leave.

On July 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:11 am and 11:15 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 756-006 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 756-6

Date: July 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:11 am and 11:15 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -David J. Mahoney, Jr.
          -Jack D. Maltester
          -Camp David
                -Departure time
                      -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
                      -Mr. and Mrs. Roger E. Johnson
                      -Golf
                      -Rose Mary Woods, Dr. Walter R. Tkach
                          -Dinner
                          -Helicopter

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:15 am.
  • 756-004 11:04 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:04 am and 11:06 am.
  • 028-008 11:06 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 11:06 am to 11:11 am.
  • 756-005 11:06 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:06 am to 11:11 am.
  • 756-007 11:15 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:15 am to 11:37 am.
  • 756-008 11:37 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Antonio D. Neto, Joao Augusto de Araujo Castro, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House photographer, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:37 am to 11:54 am.
  • 756-009 11:54 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:56 am.
  • 756-024 11:54 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:56 am.
  • 756-010 11:56 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Jack D. Maltester, John J. Gunther, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:56 am to 12:09 pm.

Conversation 756-006, July 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/756-006 (accessed October 1, 2026).