Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 908 › Conversation 908-023

Nixon & Bull on Spiro T. Agnew and White House logistics

Tuesday, May 1, 1973 · 4:07 PM–4:16 PM ET · Oval Office · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation908-023 on Tape 908StartTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 4:07 PMEndTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 4:16 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 908-023 ↗

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President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to review and organize the President’s daily calendar. The discussion focused primarily on coordinating an upcoming meeting between Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. This consultation served as a logistical planning session for the President's late afternoon engagements.

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NARA Description

On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 4:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 908-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 908-023

Date: May 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:07 pm and 4:16 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

       President’s schedule
              -Meeting with Spiro T. Agnew

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:16 pm.

Also recorded on May 1, 1973

  • 908-017 3:07 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:07 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 120-001 3:10 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, J. Philip Campbell, Richard G. Kleindienst, William P. Clements, Jr., George H. W. Bush, William E. Timmons, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, Ronald L. Ziegler, Kenneth W. Clawson, William J. Baroody, Jr., Richard A. Moore, W. Richard Howard, David R. Gergen, Patrick J. Buchanan, David N. Parker, Frederic V. Malek, Lawrence M. Higby, Bruce A. Kehrli, Stanley S. Scott, Stephen B. Bull, Rose Mary Woods, Arthur J. Sohmer, Lee W. Huebner, Jerry H. Jones, Donald F. Rodgers, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Herbert G. Klein, Thomas C. Korologos, Gerald L. Warren, Andrew T. Falkiewicz, Max L. Friedersdorf, Lyndon K. Allin, Fred F. Fielding, Michael J. Farrell, James H. Falk, Richard M. Fairbanks, III, James H. Cavanaugh, Dana G. Mead, Geoffrey C. Shepard, and C. Gregg Petersmeyer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 11:52 pm.
  • 908-027 3:10 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:41 pm.
  • 908-019 3:41 PM · 2 min — 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 3:41 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 908-020 3:41 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 908-021 3:41 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 908-022 4:07 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 4:16 pm.
  • 908-024 4:16 PM · 1 hr 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:16 pm to 5:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 908-023, May 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/908-023 (accessed October 6, 2026).