Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 788 › Conversation 788-021

Nixon & Bull on Charles W. Colson and White House scheduling

Friday, September 29, 1972 · 6:30 PM–6:36 PM ET · Oval Office · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation788-021 on Tape 788StartFriday, September 29, 1972 at 6:30 PMEndFriday, September 29, 1972 at 6:36 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 788-021 ↗

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to discuss the scheduling of Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange focused on coordinating the logistics of Colson's upcoming appointments. The discussion was interrupted when the recording concluded prematurely.

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On September 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 788-021 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 788-21

Date: September 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:30 pm and 6:36 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

             Charles W. Colson's schedule

The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 6:36 pm.
  • 788-018 5:15 PM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 6:30 pm.
  • 788-016 5:16 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 5:21 pm.
  • 788-017 5:16 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 5:21 pm.
  • 788-019 6:30 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:36 pm.
  • 788-020 6:30 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:36 pm.
  • 030-032 6:42 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward W. Carter talked on the telephone from 6:42 pm to 6:44 pm.
  • 030-033 6:44 PM · 13 sec — Edward R. F. Cox and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:44 pm on September 29, 1972 and 11:52 am on September 30, 1972.
  • 030-034 6:44 PM · 13 sec — Edward R. F. Cox and Anne C. B. (Finch) Cox talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:44 pm on September 29, 1972 and 11:52 am on September 30, 1972.

Conversation 788-021, September 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/788-021 (accessed October 12, 2026).