Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 906 › Conversation 906-011

Nixon & Bull on Diplomatic credentials and Otto E. Passman

Friday, April 27, 1973 · 4:35 PM–4:41 PM ET · Oval Office · 4 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation906-011 on Tape 906StartFriday, April 27, 1973 at 4:35 PMEndFriday, April 27, 1973 at 4:41 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 906-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull reviewed the President’s upcoming schedule to manage his workload and prioritize critical engagements. The discussion focused on streamlining the calendar by postponing various events, including meetings with the Labor-Management Advisory Committee and the National Association of Real Estate Boards. Nixon specifically directed the deferral of diplomatic credential ceremonies and meetings involving Representative Otto E. Passman to ensure his availability for higher-priority matters.

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Yeah.

Yeah, I was asking him if he could get out of the group.

Tell him to.

And even that's his letter, isn't it?

His statement also.

We have diplomatic credentials.

I don't pass them.

I'll have to wait.

All right.

I'd love to have it.

I just shipped it to Thursday.

Shipped it to Thursday.

I can't do that.

National Association of Real Estate Boards, I can't do that.

None of that.

All the others should be postponed.

Labor Management Advisory Board.

He could continue with it, but I may not be able to do it this time.

I may have something on it.

Okay.

I hope you have been.

If you'd like me to fill the obligation to pass it by having it just before the credentials and then have it.

If you'd like.

No.

Is he before the credentials?

Yes.

Monday, I guess it's got to be, I've got to keep everything clear.

If something comes up, and then if something doesn't come up, I can call, just call out and say, because of the breakfast and so forth, I can't make it safe.

And shift them over.

It's got to be shifted to meetings.

Meeting over Thursday is what I'll do.

Now then, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh,

NARA Description

On April 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:41 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 906-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 906-11

Date: April 27, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:35 pm and 4:41 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                           Conversation No. 906-11 (cont’d)

     President’s approval
           -Letter, statement

     President’s schedule
           -Diplomatic credentials
           -Otto E. Passman
                 -Delay
           -Diplomatic credentials
                 -German ambassador [F. M. Scheel]
                 -Willy Brandt’s state visit
           -Passman
           -Bipartisan Congressional leadership
           -Passman
           -Speech
           -Thomas S. Foley
           -National Association of Real Estate Boards
           -Labor-Management Advisory Committee
           -Congressional bipartisan leadership meeting
           -Passman
                 -Credentials
                 -Brandt meeting
                 -Ronald L. Ziegler

     Camp David

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:41 pm.

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906-013 5:00 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:37 pm.
906-014 5:00 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:37 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 906-011, April 27, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/906-011 (accessed October 5, 2026).