Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 858 › Conversation 858-001
Nixon & Bull on Billy Graham and White House administration
Friday, February 16, 1973 · 8:50 AM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 19 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to facilitate a telephone call to evangelist Billy Graham. The discussion focused on coordinating this outreach, serving as a brief administrative interaction to connect the President with his prominent religious advisor. No further policy developments or complex deliberations were recorded during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On February 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 858-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 858-001
Date: February 16, 1973
Time: Unknown before 8:50 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham
Bull left at an unknown time before 8:50 am.Also recorded on February 16, 1973
- 858-002 8:50 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:50 am to 9:08 am.
- 858-003 9:08 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:08 am to 9:36 am.
- 114-001 9:39 AM · 1 hr 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, J. Philip Campbell, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, John A. Scali, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, George H. W. Bush, Bryce N. Harlow, and Arthur J. Sohmer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 9:39 am to 11:59 am.
- 858-004 9:46 AM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter M. Flanigan, Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, Sir Christopher Soames, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:46 am to 10:32 am.
- 115-001 11:59 AM — Unknown persons [likely maintenance] met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:59 am on February 16, 1973 and 10:00 am on March 6, 1973.
- 115-002 11:59 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:59 am on February 16, 1973 and 10:00 am on March 6, 1973.
- 115-003 11:59 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:59 am on February 16, 1973 and 10:00 am on March 6, 1973.
- 115-004 11:59 AM — Unknown persons (likely maintenance) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:59 am on February 16, 1973 and 10:00 am on March 6, 1973.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 858-001, February 16, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/858-001 (accessed October 11, 2026).