Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 914
Nixon White House Tape 914 (May 9, 1973)
10 conversations · Oval Office · about 49 min of released audio
Featuring Nixon, Bull, Ziegler, Haig, United States Secret Service agents
President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to review and finalize the President's daily schedule. The primary focus of the discussion was the planning and coordination of an upcoming White House staff meeting. The session concluded with Bull departing to facilitate the execution of these administrative arrangements.
President Nixon met with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, to conduct a routine review and coordination of the President's daily schedule. The discussion focused on managing upcoming appointments and administrative logistics within the Oval Office. No major policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative briefing.
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to discuss his morning schedule and upcoming staff engagements. The brief meeting centered on preparations for a White House staff session held in the Roosevelt Room. The discussion concluded when the guest departed shortly before 8:37 am.
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to discuss administrative logistics and daily scheduling matters. The conversation focused primarily on the appointment calendar of Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. No major policy decisions or significant developments were recorded during this brief encounter.
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his daily schedule and manage personnel availability. The discussion focused on upcoming meetings with key staff members, specifically Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Ronald L. Ziegler. This interaction served to organize the President’s administrative priorities during a period of heightened internal pressure.
President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler met to coordinate public messaging and defense strategies amidst the intensifying Watergate scandal. The discussion focused on addressing allegations involving John Dean, managing potential leaks of presidential papers, and clarifying Nixon's involvement in the handling of the Daniel Ellsberg break-in investigation. The President emphasized a firm stance on protecting executive privilege while instructing Ziegler to coordinate with Assistant Attorney General Henry Petersen to ensure the public record accurately reflected Nixon's cooperation with the Justice Department.
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to facilitate the exchange of physical materials, likely documents or personal effects. The brief encounter focused on the distribution of specific items that the individual required before departing the Oval Office. No substantive policy discussions were recorded during this short administrative interaction.
President Nixon met with Ronald Ziegler and Alexander Haig to coordinate a strategy for responding to the unfolding Watergate crisis, specifically focusing on managing John Dean’s potential revelations and impending Senate committee hearings. The group discussed utilizing executive privilege to protect presidential papers and staff notes while simultaneously orchestrating a public relations counterattack to challenge the media narrative. They also explored legal tactics to delay Senate proceedings by highlighting potential jeopardy to the rights of defendants like H.R. Haldeman and John Mitchell.
President Nixon held a brief morning meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. The interaction consisted of a standard greeting and an invitation, concluding shortly thereafter. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions were captured during this brief exchange.
United States Secret Service agents convened in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics while President Nixon was located at the Executive Office Building. The brief meeting centered on the operational requirements and protocols for the President's ongoing movements. No further details regarding specific security strategies were documented, as the agents departed shortly thereafter.