Nixon White House TapesTape 794 › Conversation 794-013

Nixon & Bull on White House administration and Vogue magazine

Monday, October 9, 1972 · 3:34 PM–3:35 PM ET · Oval Office ·31 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation794-013 onTape 794StartMonday, October 9, 1972 at 3:34 PMEndMonday, October 9, 1972 at 3:35 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 794-013 ↗

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull briefly met in the Oval Office to coordinate the placement of a specific item, identified as an issue of Vogue, on a table. The President directed Bull to bring the magazine to him rather than leaving it elsewhere. This exchange served as a logistical instruction regarding personal or administrative materials within the White House.

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Is this something you want to look at, Mr. Christensen?
I'll just send it over to the White House to leave it on the table there.
Oh, the Westmoreland.
Give me the, just bring it here.
I have it on here.

On October 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 3:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 794-013 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 794-13

Date: October 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:34 pm and 3:35 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

        Vogue
           -Placement on table
           -Rose Mary Woods

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:35 pm.
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  • 794-014 3:35 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:35 pm to 4:34 pm.
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Conversation 794-013, October 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/794-013 (accessed September 18, 2026).