President Nixon consulted with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to facilitate a personal telephone call to former Senator Prescott S. Bush. The brief interaction served as a logistical arrangement for the President to reach out to the elder Bush. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this transition period.
On September 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:25 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 783-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 783-8
Date: September 19, 1972
Time: 11:25 am
Location: Oval Office
Stephen B. Bull met with the President.
The President's telephone call to former Senator Prescott S.Bush
Bull left at 11:25 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.