President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to facilitate logistical coordination regarding the schedules and activities of Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler and National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief session functioned primarily as an administrative check-in to manage the President's immediate access to key members of his inner circle. No major policy developments occurred during the brief exchange, which focused on routine staff management.
On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:09 pm and 12:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 840-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 840-11
Date: February 3, 1973
Time: Unknown after 12:09 pm and before 12:12 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's meeting
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Henry A. Kissinger
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:12 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.