Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 798 › Conversation 798-009

Nixon & Bull on Staff directives

Saturday, October 14, 1972 · 10:56 AM–10:58 AM ET · Oval Office · 26 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation798-009 on Tape 798StartSaturday, October 14, 1972 at 10:56 AMEndSaturday, October 14, 1972 at 10:58 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 798-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, to provide specific instructions regarding administrative or scheduling matters. The brief encounter focused on the direct delegation of tasks from the President to his staff. No further details regarding the nature of the instructions were recorded.

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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 10:56 am and 10:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 798-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 798-9

Date: October 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:56 am and 10:58 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

        Instruction

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:58 am.

Also recorded on October 14, 1972

  • 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.
  • 031-045 10:58 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:58 am to 11:01 am.
  • 798-010 10:58 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:58 am to 11:01 am.
  • 798-011 11:01 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 11:17 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 798-009, 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/798-009 (accessed October 10, 2026).