Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 878 › Conversation 878-017
Nixon & Bull on White House administration
Tuesday, March 13, 1973 · 4:14 PM–4:18 PM ET · Oval Office · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and discuss the President's upcoming schedule. The brief interaction focused on logistical coordination and the status of pending appointments. No major policy decisions were recorded during this administrative check-in.
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NARA Description
On March 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:14 pm to 4:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 878-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 878-17
Date: March 13, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:14 pm and 4:18 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President's schedule
The President and Bull left at an unknown time before 4:18 pm.Also recorded on March 13, 1973
- 119-001 3:13 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and selected Cabinet officers and Administration officials, including Earl L. Butz, J. Philip Campbell, Claude S. Brinegar, Henri F. Rush, Jr., William E. Simon, John T. Dunlop, James W. McLane, Herbert Stein, Marina von Neumann Whitman, John D. Ehrlichman, Roy L. Ash, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Frederic V. Malek, Kenneth W. Dam, Philip A. Odeen, Tod R. Hullin, Richard M. Fairbanks, III, William Morrill, and Gary L. Seevers, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 3:13 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 878-016 3:13 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:13 pm.
- 410-011 4:00 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:15 pm.
- 410-012 4:00 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:15 pm.
- 410-013 4:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:15 pm.
- 410-014 4:16 PM · 1 hr 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, John Ford, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:16 pm to 5:46 pm.
- 878-018 4:42 PM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), John J. McCloy, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:42 pm to 5:19 pm.
- 878-019 5:22 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Max L. Friedersdorf, William J. B. Dorn, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:22 pm to 5:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 878-017, March 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/878-017 (accessed October 5, 2026).