Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 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
AI Summary
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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NARA Description
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.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
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.Also recorded on October 9, 1972
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- 365-005 1:38 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Joan Hall met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:38 pm to 3:05 pm.
- 031-028 2:20 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 7:08 pm.
- 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.
- 794-015 4:34 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 4:37 pm.
- 794-016 4:37 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Republican candidates for office, including Carveth S. Thompson, Russell W. Peterson, Robert Hirsch, Louie B. Nunn, Dave Towell, Gene Savoie, Harold V. Froehlich, James B. Moseley, Paul W. Cronin, Ellis S. Rubin, Joel Gustafson, Jack Insco, Russ Sloan, Alf Adams, John W. Byrnes, William E. Timmons, John C. Nidecker, Richard K. Cook, and Brad E. Hainsworth, met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:37 pm to 5:00 pm.
- 794-017 5:00 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:00 pm to 5:10 pm.
- 794-018 5:11 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:11 pm and 6:08 pm.
Cite this conversation
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).