Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 817 › Conversation 817-018
Bull & United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service
Thursday, November 30, 1972 · 1:19 PM–1:22 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
AI Summary
Stephen B. Bull met with Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to facilitate a brief administrative or security-related transition. The exchange consisted of repetitive, procedural language indicating the formal transfer of responsibility or access for the room. No substantive policy discussions occurred, as the participants concluded their business within three minutes.
- Secret Service
- Stephen B. Bull
- Oval Office protocol
- White House security
- administrative transition
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NARA Description
On November 30, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 1:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 817-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 817-18
Date: November 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:19 pm and 1:22 pm
Location: Oval Office
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 817-17 (cont’d)
Unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.
The President’s schedule
Unknown agent’s schedule
George P. Shultz
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:19 pm.
The President’s schedule
-Weather
Unknown people and Bull left at an unknown time before 1:22 pm.Also recorded on November 30, 1972
- 817-006 11:34 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:34 am and 11:49 am.
- 817-007 11:34 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:34 am and 11:49 am.
- 817-012 11:49 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, Stephen B. Bull, and Jeanne Wilson Davis met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:49 am to 12:10 pm.
- 817-013 12:10 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:15 pm.
- 817-014 12:10 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:15 pm.
- 817-015 12:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:16 pm.
- 817-016 12:17 PM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Nguyen Phu Duc, Tran Kim Phuong, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 1:11 pm.
- 817-017 1:11 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:11 pm to 1:19 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 817-018, November 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/817-018 (accessed October 12, 2026).