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Nixon & Bull on Event logistics and Vietnam POWs

Wednesday, April 11, 1973 · 9:50 AM–10:00 AM ET · Oval Office · 7 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation893-003 on Tape 893StartWednesday, April 11, 1973 at 9:50 AMEndWednesday, April 11, 1973 at 10:00 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 893-003 ↗

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President Nixon met with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, to review upcoming scheduling logistics and formal event arrangements. The discussion focused on coordinating a variety of engagements, including presidential meetings with political figures, a scheduled Camp David trip, and the logistics for an NSC meeting and entertainment for Vietnam POWs. Additionally, Nixon addressed personal correspondence and criticized the service timing at a recent dinner hosted by his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

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I'm not sure.

and other

Joe Wagner and all the other black Democrats.

I think it's a close call about the Democrats.

I think white Republicans can respond.

Which way do they look?

I think they like this.

I think they like being able to see the color coming down the stairs.

I mean, I like it.

I like it.

I was, uh... One thing I'll mention to Julie is that Julie and I was, uh... See, they served the dead or two slowly.

I mean, we sat there at that goddamn head table after the first morning for eight minutes after we'd finished eating and they didn't give us those plates.

And, uh, I...

I'll talk to Julie about it because it's a very sensitive thing.

Let's see.

Oh yeah, yes, I'm gonna be there, yeah.

Oh, let's see here.

This should be a letter.

You want to let her do what you said?

Mm-hmm.

I'm glad you want to mention this mother, that she said that somebody had requested the mother to be here today.

Now, I'm not going to call Berman, but just tell him to get a chance

I don't know.

NARA Description

On April 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 893-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 893-3

Date: April 11, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:50 am and 10:00 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     President’s schedule
           -Letter from Whittier College
           -Jack Pardee
                 -Meeting with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
                 -Cancer award
                        -Courage
                 -Pardee’s bout with cancer
                 -Presentation by President
           -Camp David trip
                 -Time
                 -Family
           -Events on April 12, 1973
                 -National Security Council [NSC] meeting
                 -Vietnam Prisoners of War [POWs]
                        -Entertainment
                              -Music
                                   -Army chows
                 -Hugh Scott, Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.
                 -Gerald R. Ford
                        -Representatives of Democratic Party
           -Forthcoming meetings
                 -Henry A. Kissinger
                 -Gregorio Lopez-Bravo de Castro
                        -Gen. Francisco Franco’s letter
                        -Joseph Marie Luns
                        -John B. Connally
                        -Reception for Congressmen
           -Previous evening’s dinner arrangements
                 -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                 -Timing of courses
           -Army chorus
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                           Conversation No. 893-3 (cont’d)

                  -Staging of performance
           -Camp David [?]
           -Letters to unknown person and Glenn Ford
                  -Ford’s mother
           -Call to J. Strom Thurmond
                  -William E. Timmons
                  -Tom C. Korologos
                  -Congressional [?] resolution

Stephen Bull left at an unknown time before 10:00 am.

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893-002 9:42 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:42 am to 9:50 am.
044-142 9:50 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:00 am.
893-004 9:50 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William F. ("Billy") Graham met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:00 am.
044-143 10:00 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William F. ("Billy") Graham talked on the telephone from 10:00 am to 10:08 am.
893-005 10:00 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William F. ("Billy") Graham met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 10:08 am.
893-006 10:11 AM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:11 am to 10:59 am.
893-007 10:59 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:05 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 893-003, April 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/893-003 (accessed October 5, 2026).