Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 874 › Conversation 874-024

Nixon & Bull on Law enforcement and Speechwriting

Friday, March 9, 1973 · 1:40 PM–2:03 PM ET · Oval Office · 30 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation874-024 on Tape 874StartFriday, March 9, 1973 at 1:40 PMEndFriday, March 9, 1973 at 2:03 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 874-024 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to finalize a television address concerning federal law enforcement initiatives. The discussion centered on reviewing and incorporating the President's specific handwritten edits into the draft speech. Bull was tasked with ensuring these revisions were properly integrated into the final typed manuscript for the upcoming broadcast.

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I need to see it because I have to, it has to be typed in the speech diagram.
You have that?

NARA Description

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 1:40 pm and 2:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 874-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 874-24

Date: March 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 2:03 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

       President’s speech on law enforcement
             -Draft for television [TV]
                   -Revisions
                          -Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler [?]
                          -Typing
                                -President’s edits

Bull left at an unknown time before 2:03 pm.

Also recorded on March 9, 1973

  • 874-021 1:35 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:35 pm to 1:40 pm.
  • 874-022 1:40 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:03 pm.
  • 874-023 1:40 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:03 pm.
  • 874-025 1:40 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:03 pm.
  • 874-027 1:40 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:03 pm.
  • 874-026 2:03 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:03 pm and 2:10 pm.
  • 874-029 2:10 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 037-068 2:12 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 874-024, March 9, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/874-024 (accessed October 5, 2026).