Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 854 › Conversation 854-032
Nixon & Bull on Donald Rumsfeld and William P. Rogers
Tuesday, February 13, 1973 · 12:46 PM–12:55 PM ET · Oval Office · 38 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to review and coordinate the President's daily schedule and upcoming appointments. The discussion focused on the logistics regarding Donald Rumsfeld’s arrival and departure, as well as preparations for a telephone call with Secretary of State William P. Rogers concerning trade legislation and George P. Shultz. The conversation served primarily as an administrative briefing to manage the timing and sequence of these high-level meetings.
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NARA Description
On February 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 12:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 854-032 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 854-32
Date: February 13, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:46 pm and 12:55 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President’s schedule
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Arrival
-William P. Rogers
-telephone call
-George P. Shultz
-Trade legislation
-Rumsfeld
-Departure
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and
2:45 pm.
[Conversation No. 854-32A]
[See Conversation No. 43-65]
[End of telephone conversation]
President’s schedule
-Meeting with Rogers
-46-
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Conversation No. 854-32 (cont’d)
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:55 pm.Also recorded on February 13, 1973
- 854-026 12:38 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:38 pm to 12:43 pm.
- 854-027 12:43 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:45 pm.
- 854-028 12:45 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:45 pm to 12:46 pm.
- 854-029 12:46 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 12:55 pm.
- 854-030 12:46 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 12:55 pm.
- 854-031 12:46 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 12:55 pm.
- 043-066 12:55 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 12:55 pm to 1:04 pm.
- 854-033 12:55 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:55 pm to 1:04 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 854-032, February 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/854-032 (accessed October 1, 2026).