Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 818 › Conversation 818-005
Nixon & Bull on Photography session
Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 12:30 PM–12:31 PM ET · Oval Office · 19 sec
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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 12:30 pm and 12:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 818-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 818-5
Date: December 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:30 pm and 12:31 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with M. Harvey Taylor, Leroy S. Zimmerman, and Alexander P. Butterfield
-Photograph session
Bull left at 12:30 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on December 5, 1972
- 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.
- 818-006 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.
- 034-022 1:09 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:09 pm to 1:10 pm.
- 034-147 1:09 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:09 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 818-005, December 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417182039). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/818-005 (accessed November 2, 2026).