Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 805 › Conversation 805-011

Nixon & Bull on H.R. Haldeman and Alexander P. Butterfield

Thursday, October 19, 1972 · 12:03 PM–12:07 PM ET · Oval Office · 23 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation805-011 on Tape 805StartThursday, October 19, 1972 at 12:03 PMEndThursday, October 19, 1972 at 12:07 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 805-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to review and finalize the details of his upcoming daily schedule. The discussion focused on coordinating appointments with key personnel, specifically H.R. Haldeman and Alexander P. Butterfield, as well as arranging a time for a barber appointment. This meeting served as a routine administrative coordination session to manage the President's immediate executive agenda.

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NARA Description

On October 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 12:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 805-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 805-11

Date: October 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:03 pm and 12:07 pm

Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

        The President's schedule
            -Barber
            -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
            -Alexander P. Butterfield

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:07 pm.

Also recorded on October 19, 1972

  • 805-010 11:30 AM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Paul Hall, Thomas W. Gleason, Paul Richardson, Andrew E. Gibson, Charles W. Colson, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:30 am to 12:03 pm.
  • 031-140 12:03 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 12:07 pm.
  • 805-012 12:03 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 12:07 pm.
  • 805-013 12:03 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 12:07 pm.
  • 805-014 12:03 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 12:07 pm.
  • 031-141 12:07 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and James E. Johnson talked on the telephone from 12:07 pm to 12:08 pm.
  • 805-015 12:07 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and James E. Johnson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:07 pm to 12:08 pm.
  • 370-001 12:38 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 1:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 805-011, October 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/805-011 (accessed October 10, 2026).