Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 793 › Conversation 793-013
Nixon & Bull on Camp David and Radio address
Friday, October 6, 1972 · 11:34 AM–12:15 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate logistical arrangements for an upcoming weekend trip to Camp David. They discussed weather conditions and the necessity of drafting a radio address, ultimately deciding that the President would travel by automobile rather than helicopter. Alexander P. Butterfield later joined the meeting, during which the President also addressed a telephone call from his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox.
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NARA Description
On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:34 am to 12:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 793-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 793-13
Date: October 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:15 pm and 12:17 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-L. Vanchael Booth
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Camp David
-Weather
-Radio speech
-Mode of transportation
-Options
-Helicopter
-Thurmont, Maryland
-Automobile
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 12:15 pm.
Tricia Nixon Cox
-Telephone call
Bull and Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:17 pm.Also recorded on October 6, 1972
- 793-012 11:23 AM · 40 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Patrick Hillery, Sean O'Heideian, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, Marion H. Smoak, John D. Moore, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House photographer, Stephen B. Bull, and Richard A. Moore met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:23 am to 11:34 am.
- 031-152 12:14 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at 12:14 pm.
- 793-014 12:15 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, L. Venchael Booth, Paul R. Jones, Robert J. Brown, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:17 pm.
- 793-015 12:17 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:27 pm.
- 793-016 12:27 PM · 16 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 12:29 pm.
- 031-010 12:29 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm.
- 354-011 12:29 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
- 354-012 12:29 PM · 8 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 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 793-013, October 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/793-013 (accessed October 12, 2026).