Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 825 › Conversation 825-016

Nixon & Bull on White House logistics and H. R. Haldeman

Saturday, December 16, 1972 · 11:09 AM–11:25 AM ET · Oval Office · 24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation825-016 on Tape 825StartSaturday, December 16, 1972 at 11:09 AMEndSaturday, December 16, 1972 at 11:25 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 825-016 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate his upcoming schedule and logistical movements within the Executive Office Building. Nixon emphasized his desire to avoid group settings while preparing for meetings with H. R. Haldeman and Henry Kissinger. Bull was instructed to facilitate these transitions and provide the President with necessary updates before his departure from the Oval Office.

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Please find out.

I hope to be free to go over.

I'm going over to the EOP.

Let me know before I leave.

I don't want to talk to a group, but I have to do this.

I have to get in.

So that's been happening.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On December 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:25 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 825-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 825-16

Date: December 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:09 am and 11:25 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

       The President’s schedule
            -Meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                  -Executive Office Building [EOB]
                  -Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:25 am.

Also recorded on December 16, 1972

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825-011 11:08 AM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas G. Dunn met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:08 am to 11:09 am.
825-012 11:09 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:25 am.
825-013 11:09 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:25 am.
825-014 11:09 AM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:25 am.
825-015 11:09 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:25 am.
825-017 11:09 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:25 am.
382-001 11:25 AM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:30 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 825-016, 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/825-016 (accessed October 13, 2026).