President Richard M. Nixon met with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, to discuss upcoming administrative matters and personnel coordination. The primary focus of the brief interaction was the preparation and content of an impending press briefing by White House Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. No formal policy decisions were recorded during this brief exchange, which functioned primarily as a logistical check-in regarding media relations.
On January 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:33 am and 9:35 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 835-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 835-5
Date: January 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:33 and 9:35 am
Location: Oval Office
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:33 am.
Ronald L. Ziegler's briefing
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:35 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.