Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 843 › Conversation 843-003

Nixon & Bull on Bill signing and Media relations

Friday, January 26, 1973 · 8:17 AM–8:27 AM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation843-003 on Tape 843StartFriday, January 26, 1973 at 8:17 AMEndFriday, January 26, 1973 at 8:27 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 843-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull reviewed the day's upcoming schedule, focusing on a bill signing ceremony involving Caspar Weinberger and photo opportunities. Nixon provided specific instructions regarding the recipients of ceremonial pens and limited the scope of media coverage for meetings with Congressional and Republican leaders. The conversation concluded with Nixon emphasizing his preference for maintaining a controlled and streamlined public relations strategy for the day.

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I will sign four pens rather than two serpents.

What I'd like you to do is to deal check with one of the next to the top woman.

Well, the top two civil servant types who should receive the commission.

In other words, I think Cone is probably the one who's served for so many years and somebody else

purposes and people who really work in the boroughs like you, Scott.

The other thing is that we will have a – the only picture we want to move today is that we've got to get a white one.

Therefore, there will be no picture of the beginning of partisan leaders.

We had one the other day.

And no picture of the beginning of the Republican leaders, except when all they can fire ones who have stayed in heaven.

So that's what we're on that plan.

All right.

to this person.

Don't say it's a lie.

We can go through these things.

I'm going to go through them.

I'm proud of you.

I'm going to go through them.

NARA Description

On January 26, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:17 am and 8:27 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 843-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 843-3

Date: January 26, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:17 am and 8:27 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                             Conversation No. 843-14 (cont’d)

       The President's schedule
            -Bill signing ceremony
                   -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
                   -[First name unknown] Cohen
            -Photo session
                   -Congressional leaders
                   -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
            -William E. Timmons

Bull left at 8:27 am.

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113-002 8:37 AM · 1 hr 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Republican Congressional leaders, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Norris Cotton, Wallace F. Bennett, John G. Tower, William E. Brock, III, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John J. Rhodes, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, George H. W. Bush, Roy L. Ash, John D. Ehrlichman, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Frederic V. Malek, Ronald L. Ziegler, Richard G. Kleindienst, George P. Shultz, and Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:37 am to 10:11 am.
843-015 8:37 AM · 33 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:37 am and 10:11 am.
113-003 10:11 AM · 11 min — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 10:34 am.
113-004 10:11 AM · 46 min — Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including George P. Shultz, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Robert C. Byrd, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, John L. McClellan, Russell B. Long, Milton R. Young, Wallace F. Bennett, Carl B. Albert, Gerald R. Ford, John J. McFall, George H. Mahon, Wilbur D. Mills, Elford A. Cederberg, Herman T. Schneebeli, John D. Ehrlichman, Herbert Stein, William E. Timmons, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Frederic V. Malek, Thomas C. Korologos, and Richard K. Cook, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 11:04 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 843-003, January 26, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/843-003 (accessed October 9, 2026).