Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 810 › Conversation 810-016
Nixon & Bull on Oval Office operations and Staff coordination
Tuesday, October 31, 1972 · 3:23 PM–3:25 PM ET · Oval Office · 18 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull concluded a brief administrative interaction in the Oval Office. The exchange consisted of short pleasantries regarding their next meeting. No substantive policy matters or official decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.
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NARA Description
On October 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 3:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 810-016 of the White House Tapes.
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Also recorded on October 31, 1972
- 810-009 2:38 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:38 pm to 2:41 pm.
- 810-010 2:41 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:41 pm and 2:42 pm.
- 810-011 2:41 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:41 pm and 2:42 pm.
- 810-012 2:42 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:42 pm to 2:44 pm.
- 810-013 2:44 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:44 pm and 2:52 pm.
- 810-014 2:44 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:44 pm and 2:52 pm.
- 810-015 2:52 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:52 pm to 3:23 pm.
- 810-017 3:25 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:25 pm to 4:08 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 810-016, October 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/810-016 (accessed October 5, 2026).