Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 850 › Conversation 850-003

Nixon & Bull on King Hussein of Jordan and Briefing materials

Tuesday, February 6, 1973 · 8:32 AM–9:08 AM ET · Oval Office · 42 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation850-003 on Tape 850StartTuesday, February 6, 1973 at 8:32 AMEndTuesday, February 6, 1973 at 9:08 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 850-003 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417182347 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review preparations for an upcoming meeting with King Hussein of Jordan. Nixon expressed dissatisfaction with the length of the provided briefing materials and directed Bull to condense the reports into a more manageable two-page summary. This interaction highlights Nixon's specific requirements for executive briefing documents and his time-constrained approach to managing his daily schedule.

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NARA Description

On February 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 9:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 850-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 850-003

Date: February 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:32 am and 9:08 am

Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

       President’s schedule
              -President’s meeting with [Hussein, King of Jordan] Hussein ibn Talal
                      -Briefing book
                              -Length
                                     -President’s meeting with Republican Congressional
                                     leaders
                              -Summary

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:08 am.

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I didn't do the job I had to do, but it's still not eight pages.

I didn't write the tabs.

Okay, there's six pages of the crime report, sir.

Eight to six pages.

Give me a two-page, a two-page.

I've been legislating with your meeting this morning, and I don't have time to look at it.

So I'm sorry, two pages on the top.

That's what I have to do.

I can't, I'm not very good at some of it.

Yes, sir.

Also recorded on February 6, 1973

850-001 8:32 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 9:08 am.
850-002 8:32 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 9:08 am.
850-004 9:08 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:08 am to 9:16 am.
850-005 9:19 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:19 am to 9:35 am.
112-003 9:35 AM · 1 hr 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Republican Congressional leaders, including Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Wallace F. Bennett, William E. Brock, III, John G. Tower, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, Samuel L. Devine, 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, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:35 am and 11:16 am.
850-012 9:35 AM · 29 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:35 am and 11:16 am.
112-005 11:16 AM · 1 hr 5 min — L. Dean Brown, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:16 am on February 6, 1973 and 7:57 am on February 8, 1973.
850-006 11:16 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:16 am to 11:17 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 850-003, February 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417182347). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/850-003 (accessed November 2, 2026).