Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 840 › Conversation 840-015

Nixon & Bull on Charles W. Colson and William E. Timmons

Saturday, February 3, 1973 · 1:20 PM–1:21 PM ET · Oval Office · 23 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation840-015 on Tape 840StartSaturday, February 3, 1973 at 1:20 PMEndSaturday, February 3, 1973 at 1:21 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 840-015 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417182333 ↗

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NARA Description

On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:20 pm to 1:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 840-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 840-15
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                           Conversation No. 840-19 (cont’d)

Date: February 3, 1973
Time: 1:20 pm - 1:21 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

       Meeting with Charles W. Colson
             -William E. Timmons's location

Bull left at 1:21 pm.

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See you at the coast.
If I only don't get another lunch.
He's standing still now.
All right.
He was just a few minutes ago.

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  • 840-016 1:21 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:21 pm to 1:23 pm.
  • 043-021 1:23 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:33 pm.
  • 840-017 1:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:32 pm.
  • 840-018 1:23 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:32 pm.
  • 840-019 1:32 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Claudia A. Johnson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:32 pm to 1:57 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 840-015, February 3, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417182333). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/840-015 (accessed November 15, 2026).