Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 808 › Conversation 808-004
Nixon & Bull on Harold Lee and White House administration
Friday, October 27, 1972 · 11:16 AM ET · Oval Office · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met briefly to review the President's upcoming daily schedule. The discussion focused on logistics, specifically concerning an appointment with Harold Lee. The meeting concluded immediately after these administrative details were addressed.
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NARA Description
On October 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:16 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 808-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 808-4
Date: October 27, 1972
Time: 11:16 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Harold Lee
Bull left at 11:16 am.Also recorded on October 27, 1972
- 032-072 9:55 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 11:05 am.
- 374-016 9:55 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:55 am to 11:08 am.
- 808-001 11:08 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 11:10 am.
- 808-002 11:10 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:10 am to 11:16 am.
- 808-003 11:16 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:16 am.
- 808-005 11:16 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Harold Lee, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:16 am to 11:41 am.
- 808-006 11:41 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:41 am to 11:42 am.
- 808-007 11:42 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Committee on the Health Services Industry, including Barbara Dunn, J. Alexander McMahon, Samuel J. Tibbitts, and James W. Haviland, as well as Herbert Stein, Donald H. Rumsfeld, James H. Cavanaugh, the White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull, met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:42 am to 12:03 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 808-004, October 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/808-004 (accessed October 9, 2026).