Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 882 › Conversation 882-003
Nixon & Bull on Veterans affairs and Court reform
Saturday, March 17, 1973 · 9:54 AM–10:14 AM ET · Oval Office · 8 min
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President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and manage the presidential schedule, including adjusting upcoming appointments and public appearances. The discussion centered on postponing a veterans' speech, coordinating meetings regarding court reform and economic legislation, and arranging briefings with George P. Shultz. Nixon emphasized clearing his calendar of specific minor events to prioritize key meetings and labor-management discussions.
- Presidential schedule
- Veterans affairs
- Court reform
- George P. Shultz
- Labor-management relations
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I see that Mr. President has his schedule on his side.
I don't know if that was the opposite.
Yeah, I don't know if that was the opposite.
I don't know if that was the opposite.
I don't know if that was the opposite.
I don't know if that was the opposite.
I don't know if that was the opposite.
I don't know if that was the opposite.
The only reason for doing it would be to, well, I don't buy that.
I don't see it.
I will not see it unless we want to acknowledge his presence.
Um, here's our, here's some of the residents of the Irish Republic.
Here's, here's some of our .
Yeah, just put a note on there.
Don't, you're still going to have, I, I can't have, I can't bring any time to stay on that minister.
Okay.
I don't know if you want to do the details.
Yeah, I need to do that.
I'm going to ask you anything that comes up.
Since the veteran's speech has been postponed to May 1, there is generally a bit of a cold and a couple of people feel that there's an opportunity to speak on veterans' matters at the Washington Hotel on Tuesday, November 30th, to the disabled American veteran himself.
I don't want to comment on this.
I don't want to do anything this, the next week, in the 80s.
There's somebody else, but I don't want to do it.
There's a proposal on the Cold War community.
Tuesday or Wednesday, which, uh, suggests that there needs to, uh, there be a federal code reform act.
In case the people, uh, uh, the legislature, not necessarily, at all.
Not all the appeals, this is unnecessary, because, of course, they should see the writing in the national team.
I, uh,
Okay.
Oh, this is a, this is a photograph.
All right.
All right.
All right.
I'll have to see how it gets involved with other things we're talking about.
Basically, I'll have to play with people at any time.
This week, this week, this week, this week, this week, this week, this week, this week, this week, this week, this week, this week, this week, this week, this week, this week, this week, this week, this week,
So, we'll be having a leader management meeting this evening.
Should I hold that?
Yes, sir.
Do you want Chelsea to report to you Friday afternoon?
That's like the best time of the week.
We can schedule that at 3 o'clock again.
Well, I'll probably not be having for some of the private thing too, but to speak to the .
What I would like to do is to have him at 8 o'clock for a half hour and then he can go to the cabin and get ready for the meeting.
He's got a meeting with you at 8 o'clock before he gets prepared for the other two.
He's got a meeting with you at 8 o'clock.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We're going to fire her.
But as far as the vets, as far as the dead veterans, I don't want to market that sort of thing right now.
As far as this next week going on, we'll hear it.
So the reason we've got to be loaded with balloons is because we've got to get matches over there.
Next week we're going to try to meet more of my boundaries.
Then we'll go back to that.
And then about two weeks off, we'll do some of the stuff, you know.
Okay, great.
Thank you.
NARA Description
On March 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:14 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 882-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 882-3
Date: March 17, 1973
Time: 10:11 am - 10:14 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President's schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 882-3 (cont’d)
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Tour of White House [?]
-Rory de Valera
-Ireland
-Invitation to White House
-Veterans speech
-Postponement
-John D. Ehrlichman, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Disabled American Veterans [DAV]
-Speech by President
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Meeting with attorneys on court reform act
-Cole, Richard A. Moore
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] gymnastic team
-Olga Korbut
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Meeting with C. Edward Little
-Mutual Broadcasting Company [MBC]
-Photograph session
-Meeting on economy
-Economic Stabilization Act
-Vocational rehabilitation
-Bipartisan Congressional leaders meeting
-California [?]
-Legislation
-William E. Timmons [?]
-George P. Shultz
-Return from trip
-Labor-management advisory board
-Meeting
-Report on trip to President
-Cabinet meeting
-Meeting with President
-Bipartisan Congressional leaders meeting
-Veterans, lawyers meetings
-Postponements
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:14 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 882-3 (cont’d)Also recorded on March 17, 1973
- 882-001 9:54 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:14 am.
- 882-002 9:54 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:14 am.
- 882-004 9:54 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:14 am.
- 882-005 9:54 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:14 am.
- 037-137 10:11 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 10:14 am.
- 037-138 10:14 AM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:14 am to 10:15 am.
- 882-006 10:14 AM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:14 am to 10:15 am.
- 882-007 10:15 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:20 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 882-003, March 17, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/882-003 (accessed October 12, 2026).