Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 818 › Conversation 818-001

Nixon & Bull on Christmas planning and Lucy A. Winchester

Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 11:42 AM–11:43 AM ET · Oval Office ·47 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation818-001 onTape 818StartTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 11:42 AMEndTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 11:43 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 818-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his upcoming schedule and address pending logistical decisions. The discussion primarily focused on planning for the Christmas season and arranging a time to review the President's calendar in greater detail. Nixon directed Bull to involve Lucy A. Winchester in the planning process to expedite administrative approvals.

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If you had a chance to go over that schedule with Lucy.
She's right there.
You want to come in and go over it with me?
Have you gotten ready to talk about some of it now?
Well, we're only until about the third day, sir.
If you'd like, we can have it.
Why don't we just do that then?
So I can get some of the decisions out of the way.
You can just come right in here.
Okay.

NARA Description

On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:42 am and 11:43 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 818-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 818-1

Date: December 5, l972
Time: Unknown between 11:42 am and 11:43 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

[The conversation was in progress when the recording began.]

      The President’s schedule
          -Barber
               -Timing
          -Lucy A. Winchester
               [Christmas season]

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:43 am.

Also recorded on December 5, 1972

  • 818-002 11:43 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Lucy A. Winchester, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 12:05 pm.
  • 818-003 12:05 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Adm. Horacio Rivero, Jr., Col. Richard T. Kennedy, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:05 pm to 12:25 pm.
  • 818-004 12:26 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry O. Dormann, Herbert G. Klein, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:26 pm to 12:30 pm.
  • 818-005 12:30 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:31 pm.
  • 818-006 12:31 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, M. Harvey Taylor, Leroy S. Zimmerman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:31 pm to 12:37 pm.
  • 818-007 12:37 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 12:42 pm.
  • 818-008 12:37 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 12:42 pm.
  • 818-009 12:37 PM · 16 sec — Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 12:42 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 818-001, December 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/818-001 (accessed September 18, 2026).