President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the compilation and delivery of detailed 1972 election results. The President directed Bull to instruct the research group to provide an updated, speech-by-speech breakdown of the national returns, specifically focusing on state-by-state data for California and Minnesota. This information was intended to be prepared and delivered to the Oval Office by 10:00 am to assist the President in analyzing the election outcomes.
On November 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 9:16 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 813-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 813-10
Date: November 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:14 am and 9:16 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President’s schedule
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Research group
-1972 election
-Results
-State by state
-News summary
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
-1972 election
-California
-Minnesota
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Bull left at an unknown time before 9:16 am.
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