Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 773 › Conversation 773-006

Nixon & Bull on White House photography and Congressional relations

Friday, September 8, 1972 · 11:15 AM–11:23 AM ET · Oval Office ·32 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation773-006 onTape 773StartFriday, September 8, 1972 at 11:15 AMEndFriday, September 8, 1972 at 11:23 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 773-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to finalize logistical arrangements for an upcoming public event involving several Congressmen and Senators. The discussion centered on a planned outdoor walking tour, ensuring the inclusion of photographer Oliver F. Atkins to document the proceedings. Bull received explicit instructions regarding the sequence and flow of the event to ensure the photography session proceeded as scheduled.

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It's not necessary.
I'd rather have it be early on the plan.
All right.
We're going to do it one at a time.
Yeah, they want us to walk around.
Yes, sir.
Yeah.
It's going to be outside.
Outside.
We'll take all the items that are listed here and walk around the circle and come back.
Yes, sir.
We can come in just before.
All right.

NARA Description

On September 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:23 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 773-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 773-6

Date: September 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:21 am and 11:23 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

             The President’s schedule
                 -Congressmen and Senators
                 -The President's meeting with Mark I. Goode
                     -Photographs by Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
                     -Meeting in Oval Office
                          -Photography

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:23 am.

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  • 773-005 11:15 AM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:23 am.
  • 773-007 11:23 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:23 am to 11:30 am.
  • 773-008 11:30 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mark I. Goode met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:30 am to 11:32 am.
  • 773-009 11:32 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John G. Tower, Howard H. Baker, Jr., William E. Timmons, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:32 am and 11:39 am.
  • 773-010 11:44 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 11:49 am.
  • 773-011 11:44 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 11:49 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 773-006, September 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/773-006 (accessed September 18, 2026).