Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 855 › Conversation 855-008

Nixon & Bull on Charles W. Colson and William E. Timmons

Wednesday, February 14, 1973 · 10:08 AM–10:13 AM ET · Oval Office · 59 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation855-008 on Tape 855StartWednesday, February 14, 1973 at 10:08 AMEndWednesday, February 14, 1973 at 10:13 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 855-008 ↗

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President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate upcoming meetings with Charles W. Colson and William E. Timmons regarding congressional relations. They discussed strategies for engaging Vietnam supporters, specifically focusing on labor and ethnic groups. Bull confirmed that Colson believes current outreach efforts are sufficient and that congressional allies will handle remaining matters.

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This should take care of the undone supporters.

Colson feels that the labor and ethnics and those others have all been taken care of.

And he feels we don't need to do anything more with them on the undone.

The congressional supporters will handle it.

Just to confirm this, we've done quite a lot with this.

I don't know why I'm not getting that.

NARA Description

On February 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 10:13 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 855-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 855-8

Date: February 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:08 am and 10:13 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

       President's meeting with Charles W. Colson
              -Colson's arrival
              -William E. Timmons

       Congressional relations
             -Reception for President's Vietnam supporters
                     -Colson
                             -Labor
                             -Ethnics
                             -Other events

       President's meeting with Timmons

Bull left at 10:13 am.

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043-074 9:21 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 12:37 pm.
855-007 10:04 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:04 am to 10:08 am.
855-009 10:08 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 10:13 am.
855-010 10:13 AM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:13 am to 10:49 am.
855-011 10:51 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:51 am to 11:16 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 855-008, February 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/855-008 (accessed October 12, 2026).