Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 758 › Conversation 758-018
Nixon & Bull on H.R. Haldeman
Tuesday, August 1, 1972 · 5:17 PM–5:20 PM ET · Oval Office · 21 sec
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On August 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:17 pm and 5:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 758-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 758-18
Date: August 1, 1972
Time: 5:17 pm - unknown before 5:20 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Forthcoming reception for the Secret Service Presidential Protective Division
-Possible meeting with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:20 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
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- 758-021 5:21 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:22 pm.
- 758-022 5:22 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:22 pm to 5:23 pm.
- 028-038 5:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John McCarroll, Jim Keys, and Elmer Roger talked on the telephone from 5:23 pm to 5:26 pm.
- 758-023 5:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John McCarroll met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:23 pm to 5:26 pm.
- 028-039 5:26 PM · 10 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 5:26 pm on August 1, 1972 and 9:33 am on August 2, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 758-018, August 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/758-018 (accessed November 2, 2026).