Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 781 › Conversation 781-016
Nixon & Bull on Bill signing and Environmental policy
Monday, September 18, 1972 · 12:24 PM–12:26 PM ET · Oval Office ·48 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and organize his daily schedule. The discussion focused on coordinating a bill-signing session, a briefing on environmental issues with John C. Whitaker, and a photo opportunity with Republican women surrogates. The primary objective of the meeting was to ensure the President was prepared to execute these administrative and public relations tasks.
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NARA Description
On September 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:24 pm and 12:26 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 781-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 781-16
Date: September 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:24 pm and 12:26 pm.
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Bill signing
-John C. Whitaker
-Briefing on the environment
-Republican women surrogates
-Photograph session
Bull left at an unkown time before 12:26 pm.Also recorded on September 18, 1972
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- 781-014 11:54 AM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William M. Colmer, Adm. Wallis M. Enger, George Ryder, John E. Nidecker, White House photographer, William E. Timmons, Manolo Sanchez, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:54 am to 12:16 pm.
- 781-015 12:17 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John Kyl, Don H. Clausen, John E. Nidecker, Max L. Friedersdorf, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:24 pm.
- 781-017 12:24 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:24 pm and 12:26 pm.
- 781-018 12:51 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:51 pm.
- 781-019 12:51 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:51 pm.
- 781-020 12:51 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Capt. Surayute Nivasabute met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:51 pm to 12:52 pm.
- 781-021 12:52 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:52 pm and 1:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 781-016, September 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/781-016 (accessed September 18, 2026).