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
AI Summary
President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to coordinate upcoming schedule logistics, specifically focusing on an impending trip to New York. The discussion centered on arrangements for the President's barber, Milton Pitts, and the timing and location for a meeting with John B. Connally. They ultimately determined that the session with Connally should take place at the Executive Office Building.
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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 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.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
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.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.
- 818-005 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 818-007, 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/818-007 (accessed September 18, 2026).