Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 928 › Conversation 928-001

Nixon & Bull on Congressional Relations and White House Logistics

Friday, May 25, 1973 · 9:41 AM–9:50 AM ET · Oval Office · 6 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation928-001 on Tape 928StartFriday, May 25, 1973 at 9:41 AMEndFriday, May 25, 1973 at 9:50 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 928-001 ↗

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President Nixon and aide Stephen B. Bull reviewed the President's upcoming schedule, focusing on coordination with Republican congressional leadership, briefings with Henry Kissinger and William Rogers, and various meetings with media and advocacy groups. They discussed the logistics for specific events, including the reception for financial writers and the presentation of a flag by Lt. Col. John Dramesi. The discussion also touched upon personal family travel plans and the television coverage of a recent POW dinner produced by Paul Keyes.

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Well, it's by all that weather.

Thank you for calling all of us.

We were together.

Oh, yeah.

Well, I didn't want to see him, but he already got close.

We were right here in the office.

Oh, I see.

I had a couple of things the next week, so we were just in heads up.

So I wanted to just introduce you.

Yeah.

I'm looking for a part-time solution.

Tuesday morning.

5 o'clock, 11 o'clock, Kissinger goes out at noon and breathes.

Kissinger goes out at noon and breathes.

Well, that would get us into the media.

He wouldn't have a GOP degree.

No, sir, we do that the following week now.

It's the last week.

So, tentatively, we go with the instruction.

Now, we can get the GOP leaders.

Tendency to get the GOP leaders and let them know that we're tentatively planning a week from Tuesday.

Now, now, now, now, now, now.

I just want to know about the event and so forth.

All right, we have the, uh, ARC journalist.

What the hell is that?

There, there it goes.

It's a group of, uh...

I don't know.

It's a group of financial lawyers.

No.

No, that's absolutely correct.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Timmons has the southern Democratic mix.

It's more or less the people who have been supporting.

I thought we didn't have them Tuesday afternoon.

I thought it would be Tuesday afternoon.

All right.

Okay.

The financial writers, I cannot be lied to.

I just don't want to get in the turn with them.

That plan is all temporary.

I'm going to go talk to them.

I'm going to go see them.

There's going to be other reception.

I'm going to go see them.

which we do at 11 o'clock.

We've got an armored positional ward.

We do a PRC journalist at 3 o'clock.

And the 7th and 10th Brig.

So where is that working?

Is it on here?

Is it on the dock or is it on the China?

No, sir, that's the new NIH.

It's just a community.

I don't know.

I don't know what they're like.

We have this man, Tracy, who made that flag.

He would like to present it to you.

You know, he really wants to give you that.

He's a good guy.

So who does the scheduling?

That's up on partners.

It's important.

We're just going to be out of town.

He told us you looked good last night.

The director of the man, I'm not sure exactly what the director does, but apparently he calls the shots.

He's a man.

Yeah, he does.

I know, I know.

That's some good footage of you.

Oh, Paul Keyes did it.

Fine, fine.

The other one belongs to him.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On May 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:41 am and 9:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 928-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 928-1

Date: May 25, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:41 am and 9:50 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     Florida trip
           -Family schedule
                  -Tricia Nixon Cox

     President’s call to Paul W. Keyes
           -Annapolis, Maryland

     President’s schedule
           -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
           -Bipartisan Congressional leaders meeting
           -Henry A. Kissinger
                 -Briefing
           -William P. Rogers
                 -Briefing
                       -Trip to South America
           -Kissinger
                 -Briefing
                       -Press coverage
           -Republican leadership meeting
                 -William E. Timmons
           -Memorial Day
                 -Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
           -People’s Republic of China [PRC] journalists
           -Financial writers group
           -Congressional relations
                 -Republican leaders meeting
                       -Ronald L. Ziegler
                 -Southern Democratic Whips
                                               -2-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                                Conversation No. 928-1 (cont’d)

                       -Timmons
           -Financial writers
                 -Peter M. Flanigan
                       -Reception
           -Bipartisan Congressional leaders meeting
           -Armored Division Association Award
           -PRC journalists
           -Charles C. Edwards
                 -National Institute of Health [NIH]
           -Southern Democratic Whips
           -Lt. Col. John Dramesi
                 -American flag presentation to the President
           -Cabinet meeting
           -David N. Parker
           -[Memorial Day] affair
                 -Abilene, Kansas
                 -Size

     Prisoners of war [POWs] dinner
           -Television [TV] coverage
                       -Director
                             -Relationship to Keyes

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:50 am.

     President’s schedule
           -Ziegler

Also recorded on May 25, 1973

124-002 9:41 AM · 1 hr 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including [David] Kenneth Rush, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, 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, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, George H. W. Bush, Herbert Stein, John B. Connally, Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Leonard Garment, Raymond K. Price, Jr., David R. Gergen, David N. Parker, Frederic V. Malek, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:41 am and 11:59 pm.
928-002 9:50 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:50 am to 10:10 am.
039-020 10:10 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:24 am.
928-003 10:10 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:24 am.
928-004 10:10 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:24 am.
928-005 10:10 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:24 am.
928-006 10:10 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:44 am.
039-021 10:26 AM · 12 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 10:26 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 928-001, May 25, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/928-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).