Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 830 › Conversation 830-005

Nixon & Bull on Lyndon B. Johnson and Charles W. Colson

Tuesday, January 2, 1973 · 4:37 PM–4:41 PM ET · Oval Office · 44 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation830-005 on Tape 830StartTuesday, January 2, 1973 at 4:37 PMEndTuesday, January 2, 1973 at 4:41 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 830-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate logistics regarding the attendance of former President Lyndon B. Johnson at a memorial service for Harry S. Truman. The President directed Bull to relay specific instructions to Charles W. Colson to ensure Johnson was properly informed of the arrangements and discouraged from attending. The brief exchange focused on managing these sensitive high-level protocol matters.

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This is all right.

Just so he knows.

And then I decided to travel a few minutes here.

I want him to be informed so that he will not come.

All right, sir.

See?

I can have us both on it.

NARA Description

On January 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:37 pm and 4:41 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 830-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 830-5

Date: January 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:37 pm and 4:41 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull at an unknown time after 4:37 pm.

       Request for Charles W. Colson

       Lyndon B. Johnson
            -Attendance at Truman memorial

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:41 pm.

Also recorded on January 2, 1973

830-001 3:33 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:33 pm and 3:35 pm.
830-002 3:35 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 4:19 pm.
830-003 4:19 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:19 pm and 4:22 pm.
830-004 4:22 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:22 pm and 4:37 pm.
035-066 4:41 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 4:46 pm.
830-006 4:41 PM · 1 hr 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Lyndon B. Johnson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 6:10 pm.
035-067 4:46 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson talked on the telephone from 4:46 pm to 4:51 pm.
035-068 4:51 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:51 pm and 9:44 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 830-005, January 2, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/830-005 (accessed October 2, 2026).