Nixon White House TapesTape 768 › Conversation 768-021

Nixon & Bull on Oral Roberts and Daniel P. Moynihan

Monday, August 14, 1972 · 1:12 PM–1:15 PM ET · Oval Office ·21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation768-021 onTape 768StartMonday, August 14, 1972 at 1:12 PMEndMonday, August 14, 1972 at 1:15 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 768-021 ↗

President Nixon and his aide Stephen B. Bull reviewed the President’s upcoming schedule and discussed logistics for planned meetings with Oral Roberts and Daniel P. Moynihan. The discussion also addressed a past engagement involving Roberts, specifically the June 1971 dedication of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This briefing served to organize the President’s immediate administrative calendar and coordinate his interactions with these figures.

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On August 14, 1972, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 768-021 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 768-21

Date: August 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:12 pm and 1:15 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

                                        (rev. Nov-03)

             The President's schedule
                 -Oral Roberts
                 -Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan
                 -Roberts
                     -Previous meeting with the President
                          -Dedication of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River
                           Navigation System, June 5, 1971
                               -Tulsa, Oklahoma

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:15 pm.
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Conversation 768-021, 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/768-021 (accessed September 18, 2026).