Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 763 › Conversation 763-020

Nixon & Bull on Otto E. Passman

Monday, August 7, 1972 · 3:45 PM–3:46 PM ET · Oval Office · 28 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation763-020 on Tape 763StartMonday, August 7, 1972 at 3:45 PMEndMonday, August 7, 1972 at 3:46 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 763-020 ↗

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NARA Description

On August 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 763-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 763-20

Date: August 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:45 pm and 3:46 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

       Presidential gifts
             -Watch
                   -Presidential seal
             -Gold watch

       [The President’s forthcoming meeting with Otto E. Passman]

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:46 pm.

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All right, so here's a watch that has a seal on the back.

Here's a gold watch.

He's right here.

Also recorded on August 7, 1972

763-019 3:01 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Virginia Democratic leaders, including Leslie D. Campbell, Jr., Warren Davis, William M. Dudley, Walther B. Fidler, Calvin W. Fowler, Elmon T. Gray, Frederick T. Gray, Charles W. Gunn, Jr., Edward E. Lane, Paul W. Manns, George N. McMath, B.R. Middleton, William F. Parkerson, Jr., Lacy E. Putney, Randall O. Reynolds, Eleanor P. Sheppard, D. French Slaughter, Jr., W. Roy Smith, Edward E. Willey, J. D. Stetson Coleman, John O. Marsh, Jr., J. Smith Ferebee, Richard T. Short, James F. Olmsted, Richard D. Obenshain, Thomas R. Glass, Fitzgerald Bemiss, Mills E. Godwin, Russell M. Carneal, Robert B. Ball, Sr., and Herbert Bateman, as well as Stephen B. Bull, Herbert Bateman, as well as the White House photographer, met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:01 pm to 3:45 pm.
763-021 3:46 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Otto E. Passman, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:46 pm to 3:51 pm.
763-023 3:51 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter M. Flanigan, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:51 pm to 4:12 pm.
763-024 4:12 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 4:13 pm.
763-025 4:13 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:13 pm to 4:25 pm.
763-026 4:25 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:25 pm and 4:33 pm.
763-027 4:33 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:33 pm and 4:34 pm.
764-001 4:33 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:33 pm to 5:21 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 763-020, August 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/763-020 (accessed November 2, 2026).