Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 822 › Conversation 822-013
Bull on Oval Office and Personnel logistics
Wednesday, December 13, 1972 · 6:09 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 15 sec
AI Summary
Stephen B. Bull met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office for a brief, informal exchange. The conversation consisted primarily of standard greetings and an inquiry regarding the President's current location. No significant policy discussions or administrative decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.
- Stephen B. Bull
- Presidential schedule
- Oval Office
- Personnel logistics
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NARA Description
On December 13, 1972, Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:09 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 822-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 822-13
Date: December 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:09 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
Stephen B. Bull met with an unknown person.
Greetings
The President’s location
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.Also recorded on December 13, 1972
- 034-063 4:13 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 4:15 pm.
- 034-064 4:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:15 pm and 4:47 pm.
- 822-011 4:15 PM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, and Milton Friedman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:15 pm to 4:55 pm.
- 034-065 4:47 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Milton Friedman talked on the telephone from 4:47 pm to 4:48 pm.
- 034-066 4:48 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:48 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 822-012 4:53 PM · 1 hr 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, Alexander P. Butterfield, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 6:09 pm.
- 822-014 6:09 PM · 10 sec — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:09 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 822-016 6:09 PM · 18 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:09 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 822-013, December 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/822-013 (accessed October 1, 2026).