Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 890 › Conversation 890-011

Nixon & Bull on Howard H. Baker Jr. and William E. Timmons

Friday, March 30, 1973 · 10:44 AM–11:10 AM ET · Oval Office · 54 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation890-011 on Tape 890StartFriday, March 30, 1973 at 10:44 AMEndFriday, March 30, 1973 at 11:10 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 890-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate administrative tasks and schedule management. The President directed Bull to instruct William E. Timmons to call Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. to convey the President's personal appreciation for Baker's recent, well-received speech to the Young Republicans Leadership School. Additionally, the President addressed logistical matters, including declining an invitation from Senator Barry Goldwater.

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Did you get a call telling him to call ?
And you tell him that you thought he'd be pleased to know that Julie reported to the president that Baker had done a superb job at the Under-Republican Leadership School and the president .
I want it done this way.
You appreciate the invitation.

NARA Description

On March 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:44 am and 11:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 890-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 890-11

Date: March 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:44 am and 11:10 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

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       President’s schedule
             -William E. Timmons
                   -Telephone call to Howard H. Baker, Jr.
                         -Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s report
                                -Baker’s speech to Young Republicans Leadership School
                                     -President’s appreciation

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             -Invitation regrets
                   -Barry M. Goldwater

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:10 am.
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                           Conversation No. 890-11 (cont’d)

                                                                       Conversation No. 37

Date: March 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:44 am and 11:10 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown man.

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      Schedule

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The Unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:10 am.

Also recorded on March 30, 1973

  • 890-009 10:44 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:44 am and 11:10 am.
  • 890-010 10:44 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:44 am and 11:10 am.
  • 890-012 10:44 AM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:44 am and 11:10 am.
  • 890-013 10:44 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:44 am and 11:10 am.
  • 890-014 10:44 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:44 am and 11:10 am.
  • 890-037 10:44 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:44 am and 11:10 am.
  • 890-015 11:10 AM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, Roger E. Johnson, Alla Burtrova, Cyril Muromcew, and Yekaterina Furtseva met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:10 am to 11:29 am.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 890-011, March 30, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/890-011 (accessed October 5, 2026).