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Nixon & Bull on Telephone communications

Monday, October 16, 1972 · 5:26 PM–5:34 PM ET · Oval Office · 35 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation800-003 on Tape 800StartMonday, October 16, 1972 at 5:26 PMEndMonday, October 16, 1972 at 5:34 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 800-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate a series of upcoming telephone calls to various individuals, including John F. Collins, John T. Connor, Francis Scumaci, and Fred Gualtieri. The discussion focused on establishing the proper scheduling and timing for these communications. Nixon specifically instructed Bull that these calls should be placed between 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm.

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So they typically use some kind of .
So I'm not .
Do you want to cut off time on some of these things because you don't want to make those calls between 6 o'clock and 7.30?
7.30 they can start between 6 and 7.

NARA Description

On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:26 pm and 5:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 800-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 800-3

Date: October 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:26 pm and 5:34 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

         The President's telephone calls
             -John F. Collins, John T. Connor, Francis Scumaci, Fred Gualtieri
             -Instructions
                  -Timing of calls

Bull left at an unknown time before 5:34 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 800-003, October 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/800-003 (accessed September 25, 2026).