Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 768 › Conversation 768-019
Nixon & Bull on Legal documents and Oval Office
Monday, August 14, 1972 · 12:45 PM–12:49 PM ET · Oval Office · 54 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met briefly with Stephen B. Bull and then with his wife, Pat Nixon, in the Oval Office. The primary purpose of this short interaction was for the President to sign legal documents, with Mrs. Nixon present for this occasion. The conversation was brief and focused on the immediate task at hand.
- Presidential schedule
- Legal documents
- Oval Office
- First Lady
- Signing ceremony
Audio
NARA Description
On August 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 12:49 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 768-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 768-19
Date: August 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:45 pm and 12:49 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Signing of legal documents
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
Bull left and Mrs. Nixon entered at an unknown time before 12:49 pm.
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Also recorded on August 14, 1972
- 768-012 12:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Samuel D. Winer, Mrs. Samuel D. Winer, Charles W. Colson, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:07 pm to 12:09 pm.
- 768-014 12:09 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Louella (Carver) Dirksen, Rose Mary Woods, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:09 pm to 12:17 pm.
- 768-016 12:17 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Bailey K. Howard, Ronald L. Ziegler, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:38 pm.
- 768-017 12:38 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:38 pm.
- 768-018 12:39 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Robert A. Forst, L. John Evans, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:39 pm to 12:45 pm.
- 768-020 12:49 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, John J. Ratchford, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, John W. Dean, III, John H. Alexander, Richard S. Ritzel, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:49 pm to 1:12 pm.
- 768-021 1:12 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 1:12 pm and 1:15 pm.
- 768-022 1:15 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Oral Roberts, Wallace B. Henley, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:15 pm to 1:44 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 768-019, August 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/768-019 (accessed November 2, 2026).