Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 859 › Conversation 859-014

Nixon & Bull on White House press relations and Henry Kissinger

Wednesday, February 21, 1973 · 10:08 AM–10:16 AM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation859-014 on Tape 859StartWednesday, February 21, 1973 at 10:08 AMEndWednesday, February 21, 1973 at 10:16 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 859-014 ↗

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President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his daily schedule and manage upcoming appointments. The discussion focused on organizing meetings with James Keogh, Henry Kissinger, and members of the press, specifically Robert Clark and Edgar Allen Poe. Nixon emphasized the importance of his interaction with the press, directing staff to finalize the timing of these interviews.

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All right, so I've got two levels of pressure.
I'll try to work it.
I think you have 11 o'clock.
I should tell Robert.
No, sir, we're bringing in Keogh at 11.45.
Do you want to have anyone with you, sir?
I think Kissinger's preparing for his Sunday.
Keogh?
I don't do the telemetry today.
All right.
Well, this one is convenient.
Ziegler's going to try to get those two press people, Clark and Poe, this morning.
Yeah.
Anytime.
I'd like to particularly quote them today.
Oh, sure.
That's fine.
Stay around.
Four o'clock.
We'll try to do it.
It's going to be 11 to 1230 here.
Let's see.
440.
I'm not like that.
That's fine.

NARA Description

On February 21, 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 10:16 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 859-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 859-14

Date: February 21, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:08 am and 10:16 am
Location: Oval Office

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

                                                           Conversation No. 859-14 (cont’d)

       Harry S. Dent
              -Meeting with President

       Press statements [?]

       President's schedule
              -Meeting with James Keogh
              -Henry A. Kissinger
                      -Briefing
              -Keogh
              -William L. Duncan and Robert H. (“Bob”) Taylor
                      -Meeting with President
              -President’s meeting with Bob Clark and Edgar Allen Poe
                      -Ronald L. Ziegler
                      -Timing

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:16 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 859-014, February 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/859-014 (accessed October 11, 2026).