Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 918 › Conversation 918-010

Nixon & Bull on John B. Connally and Wage and price controls

Tuesday, May 15, 1973 · 9:38 AM–9:59 AM ET · Oval Office ·4 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation918-010 onTape 918StartTuesday, May 15, 1973 at 9:38 AMEndTuesday, May 15, 1973 at 9:59 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 918-010 ↗

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President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull reviewed the President’s schedule, focusing specifically on logistics for an upcoming meeting with John B. Connally. Nixon directed Bull to coordinate a series of preliminary briefings for Connally with administration officials including George P. Shultz, Charles J. DiBona, Roy L. Ash, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. to discuss economic, energy, and White House policy issues. The President emphasized the need for these meetings to occur before his private consultation with Connally to ensure an productive exchange regarding potential assignments.

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Let's leave it open, Steve, at the present time.

And in the meantime,

I think probably if I did sing, I would do it at about 3 o'clock.

Well, I could at least velocity and everything and seeing how things sort out.

Let's see.

I'm trying to get a talking paper.

He is.

All right.

Do you want to see him here?

No, I want to see him alone for a while.

I'll call you again when I get to the point that I have to.

Well, I think maybe I would want to see him.

And shall we say it...

I'd like for him, when he comes in, to, uh, if he could, uh, meet with George Shultz on, uh, wage, on, I don't know, on wage price controls.

And, excuse me, could come with me privately.

Yeah, yeah, I'd like that.

Yeah, I'd like that.

Yeah, I want him to meet with him, to get his views, so that I can do it.

I'd like for him also to, uh, meet with the Bona on the energy thing.

In other words, you see him just before he sees me.

Those two problems would be good if he could get away.

And then perhaps I could see Conway closer to around 5 o'clock.

In other words, if he could do that, and he could have a chat with Roy Ash,

and Hayes with regard to various activities, you know, that he's going to take on and make some assignments, but I'd like for him to have a chance to think about them before I talk, and then if I have a lot of time, I will sit down and chat about the various things I'd like for him to do.

Fair enough.

That would make me clear on what I plan to do.

This might be able to take care of it.

Schultz, do you want to meet with me for about 20 minutes on that?

Yeah, thanks.

Well, it might not.

Let me stay on Schultz.

Make a date for him.

Mr. Marowitz?

Yes, sir.

What do we have in the morning?

All right, fine.

I'll make a date for Schultz.

Okay.

Or if you can't make that, at 3 o'clock Wednesday, 10 or 3, either one.

Whichever's the best time, I'll meet with Schultz.

Do you want to do that?

No, no, no.

I'll just meet alone with Schultz.

I don't need anybody on that, so I don't need to just hurry out of Texas.

I'd better keep Dave from overworking, or golf since I'm there.

All right.

So make the date for either 10 or 10.

And then if I get some time, et cetera, let me just call him over then.

So he knows that, and our crew, he takes care of our parts of that.

NARA Description

On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:38 am and 9:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 918-10

Date: May 15, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:38 am and 9:59 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     President’s schedule
           -John B. Connally
                 -Timing of possible meeting
           -Haile Selassie
           -Talking paper
                 -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
           -Haig
           -Connally
                 -Timing
                 -George P. Shultz
                       -Wage price issues
                 -Charles J. DiBona
                       -Energy
                 -Roy L. Ash and Haig
                 -Role in White House
                                               -10-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                        (rev. June-2012)

                                                             Conversation No. 918-10 (cont’d)

           -Shultz
                 -National economy
                 -Haig

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:59 am.

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918-013 9:38 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:38 am and 9:59 am.
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Conversation 918-010, May 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-010 (accessed September 18, 2026).