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Nixon & Bull on White House administration

Thursday, September 14, 1972 · 6:00 PM ET · Oval Office · 23 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; White House operatorConversation777-003 on Tape 777StartThursday, September 14, 1972 at 6:00 PMEndThursday, September 14, 1972 at 6:00 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 777-003 ↗

President Nixon met briefly with Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to coordinate his daily schedule. The discussion primarily focused on reviewing the President’s recent appointments and addressing a follow-up to a recent telephone call from Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The meeting concluded quickly, with no substantive policy decisions recorded.

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Oh, sir.
Please, sir.

On September 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 777-003 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 777-3

Date: September 14, 1972
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

              The President's schedule
                  -Recent meeting
                      -Recent telephone call from Julie Nixon Eisenhower

The President talked with the White House operator at 6:00 pm.

[Conversation No. 777-3A]

[End of telephone conversation]

              The President's schedule
                  -Time of meeting

Bull left at 6:00 pm.
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  • 777-001 3:41 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:49 pm.
  • 777-002 3:49 PM · 2 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, George P. Shultz, Arthur F. Burns, John B. Connally, Herbert Stein, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:49 pm to 5:59 pm.
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Conversation 777-003, September 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/777-003 (accessed October 12, 2026).