Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 825 › Conversation 825-002

Nixon, Monzon & Bull on White House administration and Elmer H. Bobst Library

Saturday, December 16, 1972 · 9:15 AM–9:37 AM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Monzon, Zosimo T.; Bull, Stephen B.Conversation825-002 on Tape 825StartSaturday, December 16, 1972 at 9:15 AMEndSaturday, December 16, 1972 at 9:37 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 825-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Zosimo T. Monzon and Stephen B. Bull to coordinate administrative tasks and the handling of personal correspondence. The discussion focused on scheduling matters for Rose Mary Woods and Marjorie P. Acker, alongside specific instructions for the delivery and secure filing of a letter regarding the Elmer H. Bobst Library dedication. Nixon emphasized strict control over the reproduction of these documents, mandating that only one copy be produced for his personal files.

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Yeah.
Do you know how to make a copy of these, of a letter of tenancies?
This one.
Oh, yeah, man.
In other words, the original goes to him.
They just make one copy, period.
Right.
And no others.
We'll just wait until the closing party.
If you don't want to, I personally won't buy all that drag, because I don't want to poke around here.
Is that what he's writing?
Yeah, this one I have to give to Augusta DeRosa.
She lives in here.

NARA Description

On December 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Zosimo T. Monzon, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:15 am and 9:37 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 825-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 825-2

Date: December 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:15 am and 9:37 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Zosimo T. Monson.

       Rose Mary Woods’s and Marjorie P. Acker’s schedules

Monson left and Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:15 am.

       Woods’s and Acker’s schedules
           -Christmas cards

       Copies of letters

       Elmer H. Bobst Library dedication
            -The President’s letter to Bobst
                 -Delivery
                       -Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s trip to New York
                 -Instruction on copies
                       -The President’s file
                                               -2-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                              Conversation No. 825-2 (cont’d)

                        -Rose Mary Woods

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:37 am.

Also recorded on December 16, 1972

  • 825-001 9:15 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:15 am and 9:37 am.
  • 825-003 9:15 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:15 am and 9:37 am.
  • 825-004 9:37 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:37 am to 9:50 am.
  • 825-005 9:50 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:58 am.
  • 825-006 9:58 AM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:58 am to 10:46 am.
  • 825-007 10:46 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 10:50 am.
  • 825-008 10:46 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 10:50 am.
  • 825-009 10:46 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 10:50 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 825-002, December 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/825-002 (accessed October 5, 2026).