Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 813 › Conversation 813-016

Bull on Oval Office operations and White House administration

Wednesday, November 8, 1972 · 9:54 AM–10:10 AM ET · Oval Office · 10 sec

ParticipantsBull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation813-016 on Tape 813StartWednesday, November 8, 1972 at 9:54 AMEndWednesday, November 8, 1972 at 10:10 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 813-016 ↗

Stephen B. Bull met with unidentified individuals in the Oval Office to conduct administrative or logistical business. Due to the lack of a transcript and the unintelligible nature of the audio, the specific substance of their discussion remains unknown. No formal policy decisions or significant developments were recorded during this brief encounter.

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On November 8, 1972, Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 813-016 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 813-16

Date: November 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:54 am and 10:10 am
Location: Oval Office

Stephen B. Bull met with unknown people.

       [Unintelligible]

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 9:54 am.

       [Unintelligible]

Bull and the unknown men left at an unknown time before 10:10 am.
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Conversation 813-016, November 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/813-016 (accessed October 10, 2026).