Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 840 › Conversation 840-011

Nixon & Bull on Ronald L. Ziegler and Henry A. Kissinger

Saturday, February 3, 1973 · 12:09 PM–12:12 PM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation840-011 on Tape 840StartSaturday, February 3, 1973 at 12:09 PMEndSaturday, February 3, 1973 at 12:12 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 840-011 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417182325 ↗

An 11-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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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.

Conversation 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.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                              Conversation No. 840-19 (cont’d)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

  • 840-006 10:59 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:05 am.
  • 840-007 10:59 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:05 am.
  • 840-009 11:05 AM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Marjorie P. Acker, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:05 am to 12:08 pm.
  • 043-017 12:09 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:09 pm and 12:15 pm.
  • 840-010 12:09 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:09 pm.
  • 840-012 12:12 PM · 1 hr 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Rose Mary Woods, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:12 pm to 1:20 pm.
  • 043-018 12:15 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:15 pm to 12:16 pm.
  • 043-019 12:16 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:16 pm.

Conversation 840-011, February 3, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417182325). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/840-011 (accessed November 15, 2026).