Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 853 › Conversation 853-011
Nixon & Bull on George P. Shultz and White House scheduling
Thursday, February 8, 1973 · 12:24 PM–12:28 PM ET · Oval Office · 27 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull discussed the President's upcoming schedule and the coordination of meetings with Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz. Nixon specifically instructed Bull to ensure that E. D. Kenna and W. Richard Howard were excluded from the follow-up meeting with Shultz. The conversation serves to manage access to the President and refine the roster of attendees for high-level administration deliberations.
- George P. Shultz
- White House scheduling
- Presidential access
- E. D. Kenna
- W. Richard Howard
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NARA Description
On February 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:24 pm and 12:28 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 853-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 853-11
Date: February 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:24 pm and 12:28 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President’s schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 853-11 (cont’d)
-Return of George P. Shultz
-Meeting with E. D. Kenna
-W. Richard Howard
-Charles W. Colson’s office
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:28 pm.Also recorded on February 8, 1973
- 853-012 12:28 PM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, W. Richard Howard, White House photographer, Eugene J. Hardy, E. D. Kenna, Stephen B. Bull, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:28 pm to 1:19 pm.
- 853-013 1:19 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 1:21 pm.
- 853-014 1:21 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John L. Campbell, John D. Ehrlichman, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., White House photographer, Jane Campbell, Charles J. DiBona, George P. Shultz, and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:21 pm to 2:33 pm.
- 409-018 1:28 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Zosimo Monson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:28 pm and 1:49 pm.
- 409-021 1:28 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:28 pm and 1:49 pm.
- 043-053 1:49 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:49 pm.
- 409-019 1:49 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:49 pm.
- 043-054 1:50 PM · 13 sec — Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 853-011, February 8, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/853-011 (accessed October 12, 2026).