Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 868 › Conversation 868-010

Nixon & Bull on White House administration

Saturday, March 3, 1973 · 11:50 AM–12:01 PM ET · Oval Office · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation868-010 on Tape 868StartSaturday, March 3, 1973 at 11:50 AMEndSaturday, March 3, 1973 at 12:01 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 868-010 ↗

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to conduct a brief review of the President's upcoming schedule. The discussion focused on the coordination of daily activities and administrative logistics within the Oval Office. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief encounter, which concluded in less than eleven minutes.

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On March 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:50 am and 12:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 868-010 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 868-10

Date: March 3, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:50 am and 12:01 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull [?].

       Schedule

Bull [?] left at an unknown time before 12:01 pm.
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  • 868-008 10:08 AM · 1 hr 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Arthur F. Burns, Roy L. Ash, Herbert Stein, Paul A. Volcker, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 11:50 am.
  • 868-009 11:50 AM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:50 am and 12:01 pm.
  • 868-021 1:09 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:09 pm.
  • 868-014 1:10 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:10 pm.
  • 868-015 1:10 PM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Julienne L. Pineau, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 2:07 pm.
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  • 868-023 2:07 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:07 pm and 2:45 pm.

Conversation 868-010, March 3, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/868-010 (accessed October 1, 2026).