Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 826 › Conversation 826-005
Nixon & Bull on White House gifts and Richard C. Van Dusen
Tuesday, December 19, 1972 · 11:51 AM–11:52 AM ET · Oval Office · 48 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the scheduling of an upcoming meeting involving Richard C. Van Dusen and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. The discussion centered on logistics and the arrangement of White House gift distributions, specifically concerning ashtrays and cuff links. The brief exchange served to finalize these administrative appointments and protocol details.
- Presidential scheduling
- White House gifts
- Richard C. Van Dusen
- Kenneth R. Cole Jr.
- Administrative protocol
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NARA Description
On December 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:51 am to 11:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 826-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 826-5
Date: December 19, 1972
Time: 11:51 am - 11:52 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Richard C. Van Dusen
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-White House gifts
-Ashtray
-Cuff links
White House gifts
Bull left at 11:52 am.Also recorded on December 19, 1972
- 826-003 9:53 AM · 1 hr 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, Maurice H. Stans, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:53 am and 11:27 am.
- 826-004 11:27 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William D. Ruckelhaus, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:27 am to 11:51 am.
- 826-006 11:52 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard C. Van Dusen, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:52 am to 12:05 pm.
- 034-130 12:07 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 12:07 pm to 12:08 pm.
- 826-007 12:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:07 pm to 12:08 pm.
- 826-008 12:08 PM · 1 hr 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:08 pm to 2:00 pm.
- 034-131 12:21 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Joseph R. Biden, Jr. talked on the telephone from 12:21 pm to 12:22 pm.
- 034-132 12:22 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:22 pm and 7:41 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 826-005, December 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/826-005 (accessed October 5, 2026).