Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 898 › Conversation 898-025
Nixon & Bull on H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
Tuesday, April 17, 1973 · 3:49 PM–3:50 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate logistical details regarding his upcoming schedule. The primary focus of the brief interaction was the arrangement of a follow-up meeting with John D. Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman. The discussion served as an administrative check-in to confirm the President's immediate calendar priorities.
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NARA Description
On April 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 3:50 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 898-025 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 898-25
Date: April 17, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:49 pm and 3:50 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]
President’s schedule
-Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Copy [?]
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Bull left at an unknown time before 3:50 pm.
Conversation No. 898-23/899-1
Date: April 17, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:50 pm and 4:41 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman.
Watergate
-Press statement
-45-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 898-23 (cont’d)
-William E. Timmons
Ehrlichman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 4:35
pm.
[Conversation No. 898-23A]
[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was initially prepared for the
Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) and can be found in Record Group (RG) 460, Box
174, “Transcript of a Recording of a Meeting among the President, John Ehrlichman, Ronald
Ziegler, and H. R. Haldeman, in the Oval Office on April 17, 1973, from 3:50 to 4:35 p.m.,”
pages 1-18. The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff reviewed the transcript and made changes as
necessary. This transcript has been reviewed under the provisions of the Presidential Recordings
and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (PRMPA). The National Archives does not guarantee its
accuracy.]
[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was also prepared Richard Nixon’s
Special White House Counsel for Watergate Matters and submitted to the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives. This transcript can be found in Submission of
Recorded Presidential Conversations (SRPC), pages 1115-1132 (1-18). Please refer to the RG
460 transcript.]
[Begin transcribed portion]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 38-87]
[End telephone conversation]
Ehrlichman talked with an unknown woman [receptionist?] at an unknown time between 3:50
pm and 4:35 pm.
[Conversation No. 898-23B]
[Begin telephone conversation]
-46-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 898-23 (cont’d)
[See Conversation No. 38-88]
Ehrlichman conferred with the President and Haldeman at an unknown time between 3:50 pm
and 4:35 pm.
Timmons’s location
[End telephone conversation]
Ehrlichman talked with Timmons at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 4:35 pm.
[Conversation No. 898C]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 38-88]
Ehrlichman conferred with the President and Haldeman at an unknown time between 3:50 pm
and 4:39 pm.
Ronald L. Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 3:50 pm.
Ziegler left at an unknown time before 4:39 pm.
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 3:50 pm.
Unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:35 pm.
[End transcribed portion]
[An unknown portion of this conversation was not recorded at this time while the tape was
changed. The remainder of this conversation continues on audiotape Oval 899 as Conversation
No. 899-1.]Also recorded on April 17, 1973
- 898-022 3:49 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 038-087 3:50 PM · 48 sec — John D. Ehrlichman and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 4:35 pm.
- 038-088 3:50 PM · 1 min — John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 4:35 pm.
- 898-023 3:50 PM · 1 hr 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, unknown person(s), William E. Timmons, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 4:41 pm.
- 899-001 3:50 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:50 pm to 4:41 pm.
- 899-002 4:35 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:41 pm.
- 899-003 4:35 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:41 pm.
- 899-005 4:35 PM · 15 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:41 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 898-025, April 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/898-025 (accessed October 12, 2026).