Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 818 › Conversation 818-008

Nixon & Bull on Administrative support

Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 12:37 PM–12:42 PM ET · Oval Office · 24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation818-008 on Tape 818StartTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 12:37 PMEndTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 12:42 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 818-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull engaged in a brief, administrative exchange involving the coordination of logistics or scheduling, specifically referencing an individual named Tom. The conversation concludes with Bull acknowledging the President's instructions before departing. No major policy or political developments are recorded during this short interval.

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30 to T-O-E-R-S. Tom, that's bad.
Make it another one.
Thank you.
Yes, sir.

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 818-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 818-8

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
          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Charles W. Colson
               -Meeting in the Executive Office Building [EOB]
                    -Timing

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:42 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.
  • 818-007 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.
  • 818-009 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 818-008, 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/818-008 (accessed October 12, 2026).