President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to discuss administrative protocols and the logistics of upcoming White House meetings. The discussion centered on establishing proper procedures for scheduling, specifically focusing on the hierarchical distinctions between staff assistants and officers. Nixon sought to clarify attendee protocols involving senior aides like H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman to streamline executive operations.
On March 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:26 am and 9:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 874-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 874-5
Date: March 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:26 am and 9:52 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President's schedule
-Meetings
-Protocol
-Attendees
-Officers compared to assistants
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman
-Lawrence M. Higby, Richard A. Hauser [?]
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:52 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.