Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 845 › Conversation 845-005
Nixon, Haldeman & Bull on Henry Kissinger and White House administration
Wednesday, January 31, 1973 · 3:10 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to review his upcoming schedule, specifically regarding meetings with Ted Stevens, Department of Housing and Urban Development officials, Henry Kissinger, and Japanese leadership. H. R. Haldeman joined briefly to further coordinate the President's calendar and synchronize Kissinger's own schedule with that of the President. The conversation concluded quickly after these logistical arrangements were established.
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NARA Description
On January 31, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 845-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 845-5
Date: January 31, 1973
Time: 3:10 pm.
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Ted Stevens
-Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]
-Talking paper HUD funds
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
-Meeting with Japanese leaders
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 3:10 p.m.
Bull left at 3:10 p.m.
Kissinger’s schedule
-Scowcroft
-The President’s schedule
Haldeman left at 3:10 pm.Also recorded on January 31, 1973
- 403-035 2:40 PM · 10 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 2:40 pm on January 31, 1973 and 1:40 pm on February 1, 1973.
- 845-002 2:40 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 845-003 2:40 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 845-004 2:50 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:50 pm to 3:10 pm.
- 043-013 2:57 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:57 pm.
- 845-006 3:10 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Eisaku Sato, Nobuhiko Ushiba, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Tatsuo Arima, James J. Wickel, Henry A. Kissinger, Toshio Kimura, Sadanori Yamanaka, Minoru Kusuda, and Ryohei Murato met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:10 pm to 4:05 pm.
- 845-007 4:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:05 pm.
- 845-008 4:10 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, David R. Young, Jr., George H. W. Bush, William E. Timmons, Thomas C. Korologos, Stephen B. Bull, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and Ted Stevens met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:10 pm to 4:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 845-005, January 31, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/845-005 (accessed October 9, 2026).