Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 798 › Conversation 798-001
Nixon & Bull on H.R. Haldeman and News summary
Saturday, October 14, 1972 · 8:48 AM–9:00 AM ET · Oval Office · 17 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met briefly to review the President's upcoming daily schedule and internal communications. The discussion focused on coordinating a planned meeting with H.R. Haldeman and reviewing the morning's news summary. No major policy decisions were reached during this administrative briefing.
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NARA Description
On October 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:48 am and 9:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 798-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 798-1
Date: October 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:48 am and 9:00 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-News summary
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:00 am.Also recorded on October 14, 1972
- 798-002 8:48 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:48 am and 9:00 am.
- 798-003 9:00 AM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:00 am to 10:01 am.
- 798-004 10:03 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, staff, and physicians from a delegation from the People's Republic of China, including Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Dr. John Hogness, Dr. John R. Kernodle, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Dr. Walter R. Tkach, James H. Cavanaugh, unknown person(s), Dr. Wu Wei-jan, Dr. Fu Yi-chen, Dr. Lin Chiao-chih, Dr. Wu Hsueh-yu, Dr. Li Yen-shan, Dr. Chu Chuan-yan, Dr. Liu Shih-lien, Dr. Han Jui, Dr. Chou Kuan-han, Dr. Chang Shu-shun, Dr. Hsu Chia-yu, Wang Lien-sheng, Lu Tsung-ming, and Tai Tseng-yi, members of the press, and the White House photographer, met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:03 am to 10:39 am.
- 798-005 10:39 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:39 am and 10:42 am.
- 798-006 10:39 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:39 am and 10:42 am.
- 031-044 10:42 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:42 am and 10:58 am.
- 798-007 10:42 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:42 am to 10:56 am.
- 798-008 10:56 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 10:58 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 798-001, October 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/798-001 (accessed October 10, 2026).