Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 792 › Conversation 792-005
Nixon & Bull on Time management
Thursday, October 5, 1972 · 4:53 PM–4:55 PM ET · Oval Office ·14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met briefly to discuss the management of the President's daily schedule. The two men evaluated the duration of a specific meeting, with Bull noting that twenty minutes had been allocated for the appointment. The brief exchange served to verify the current time and ensure the President remained on schedule for his upcoming commitments.
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NARA Description
On October 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 4:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 792-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 792-5
Date: October 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:53 pm and 4:55 pm.
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 4:55 pm.Also recorded on October 5, 1972
- 364-012 2:10 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 3:03 pm.
- 031-003 3:02 PM · 18 sec — Manolo Sanchez and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:02 pm.
- 364-013 3:02 PM · 12 sec — Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:02 pm and 3:04 pm.
- 792-003 3:03 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 3:04 pm.
- 792-004 3:04 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Robert J. Dole, Bryce N. Harlow, John N. Mitchell, White House photographer, James D. Hodgson, Donald E. Johnson, and John F. Evans, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:04 pm to 4:53 pm.
- 792-006 4:55 PM · 1 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Samuel Lubell, Charles W. Colson, White House photographer, unknown person(s), H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:55 pm to 6:23 pm.
- 031-004 6:50 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:50 pm.
- 031-005 7:40 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 7:40 pm to 7:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 792-005, October 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/792-005 (accessed September 18, 2026).