Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 818 › Conversation 818-007

Nixon & Bull on John B. Connally and Milton Pitts

Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 12:37 PM–12:42 PM ET · Oval Office · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation818-007 on Tape 818StartTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 12:37 PMEndTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 12:42 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 818-007 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417182043 ↗

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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 12:37 pm and 12:42 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 818-007 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 818-7

Date: December 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:37 pm and 12:42 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

      The President’s schedule
          -New York
          -Milton Pitts
               -Barber
               -Meeting with John B. Connally
                    -Connally’s recent telephone call from Houston
                    -Timing
                    -Location
                         -Executive Office Building [EOB]

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:37 pm.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 818-8 (cont’d)

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All right.
Yeah.
  • 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.
  • 818-008 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.

Conversation 818-007, December 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417182043). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/818-007 (accessed November 2, 2026).