Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 758 › Conversation 758-019

Nixon, Bull & Butterfield on H.R. Haldeman and Secret Service

Tuesday, August 1, 1972 · 5:17 PM–5:20 PM ET · Oval Office · 34 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation758-019 on Tape 758StartTuesday, August 1, 1972 at 5:17 PMEndTuesday, August 1, 1972 at 5:20 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 758-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield to review his upcoming schedule and the activities of H.R. Haldeman. The discussion included planning for a reception honoring the Secret Service Presidential Protective Division and touched upon the schedule of Charles W. Colson. Additionally, the group addressed a telephone call from Edward J. Kiernan before concluding the brief meeting.

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NARA Description

On August 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield 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 758-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 758-19

Date: August 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:17 pm and 5:20 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

             The President's schedule
                 -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's activities
                 -Forthcoming reception for the Secret Service Presidential Protective Division
                 -Charles W. Colson

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 5:17 pm.

             Edward J. Kiernan telephone call

Bull and Butterfield left at an unknown time before 5:20 pm.

Also recorded on August 1, 1972

  • 758-018 5:17 PM · 21 sec — 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.
  • 028-037 5:20 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward J. Kiernan talked on the telephone from 5:20 pm to 5:21 pm.
  • 758-020 5:20 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward J. Kiernan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:20 pm to 5:21 pm.
  • 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 758-019, 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/758-019 (accessed October 1, 2026).