Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 778 › Conversation 778-025
Nixon & Bull on Sequoia yacht and White House logistics
Friday, September 15, 1972 · 12:14 PM–12:17 PM ET · Oval Office ·18 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and aide Stephen B. Bull met briefly in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics for an upcoming trip aboard the presidential yacht, the Sequoia. The primary focus of the discussion was the selection and finalization of the guest list for the excursion. No further policy decisions were recorded during this short administrative scheduling session.
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NARA Description
On September 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 12:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 778-025 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 778-25
Date: September 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:14 pm and 12:17 pm
Location: Oval Office
(rev. Feb-24)
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Sequoia trip
-Guest list
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:17 pm.Also recorded on September 15, 1972
- 778-021 11:50 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Patrick E. Carr, Cooper T. Holt, William F. Rhatican, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:50 am to 12:13 pm.
- 778-022 12:13 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:13 pm.
- 778-023 12:13 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:13 pm.
- 778-024 12:13 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:13 pm to 12:14 pm.
- 778-026 12:17 PM · 8 sec — Manolo Sanchez and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 3:08 pm.
- 358-002 12:39 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 3:08 pm.
- 358-003 12:39 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 3:08 pm.
- 358-004 12:39 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 3:08 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 778-025, September 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/778-025 (accessed September 18, 2026).