Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 848 › Conversation 848-011

Nixon & Bull on White House personnel and Coast Guard

Monday, February 5, 1973 · 12:39 PM–12:42 PM ET · Oval Office · 45 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation848-011 on Tape 848StartMonday, February 5, 1973 at 12:39 PMEndMonday, February 5, 1973 at 12:42 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 848-011 ↗

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to briefly review the President's upcoming daily schedule, specifically coordinating meetings with Commander Alexander R. Larzelere and Robert J. Brown. The discussion focused on personnel changes involving the Coast Guard representative at the White House and the logistics of providing an ashtray for the respective appointments. The brief interaction concluded with Bull confirming the arrangements for the upcoming meetings.

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These next two just lost their
Bob Brown already has an anchor.
Yes, sir, he has an anchor.
I don't know anything.

On February 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:42 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 848-011 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 848-11
Date: February 5, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:39 pm and 12:42 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

       The President’s schedule
              -Meeting with Cmdr. Alexander R. Larzelere
                     -Coast Guard
                            -Replacement in White House
                     -Ash tray
              -Meeting with Robert J. Brown
                     -Ash tray

Bull left at unknown time before 12:42 pm.
  • 848-020 12:39 PM · 15 sec — Stephen B. Bull and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:42 pm.
  • 848-012 12:42 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, White House photographer, Cmdr. Alexander R. Larzelere, Alexander R. Larzelere, Jr., William Larzelere, Paul Larzelere, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:42 pm to 12:45 pm.
  • 848-013 12:45 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Robert J. Brown, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 12:56 pm.
  • 848-014 12:56 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Richard A. Moore, Lt. Col. William L. Golden, White House operator, Teresa Olson, Kenneth Olson, Mary Weigal, Agnes Ullmer, Henry Ullmer, Irene Lemery, Loren Lemery, Clara Best, Joyce Nolde, Blair Nolde, Brent Nolde, Kimberly Nolde, Bryon Nolde, Bart Nolde, Henry Joseph Nolde, Joseph Nolde, Henry Nolde, Jr., and Irene Nolde met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:09 pm.
  • 848-015 1:09 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:09 pm to 1:58 pm.
  • 043-213 1:38 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 043-030 1:54 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:54 pm.
  • 848-016 1:58 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:58 pm to 1:59 pm.

Conversation 848-011, February 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/848-011 (accessed October 9, 2026).