Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 929 › Conversation 929-018
Nixon & Bull on White House records and Document management
Tuesday, May 29, 1973 · 5:10 PM–5:16 PM ET · Oval Office · 43 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to discuss the management of sensitive documents and the handling of specific files. The exchange centered on ensuring particular records were properly filed or moved, while briefly touching upon administrative concerns involving staff performance or conduct. The brief dialogue reflects the President's preoccupation with document control and the oversight of personnel matters.
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NARA Description
On May 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 929-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 929-18
Date: May 29, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:10 pm and 5:16 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President’s schedule
-Sequoia
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Rose Mary Woods’s forthcoming call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Congressman
-53-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 929-17 (cont’d)
-Haig
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:16 pm.Also recorded on May 29, 1973
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- 929-015 3:36 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:36 pm and 4:03 pm.
- 929-016 3:36 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:36 pm and 4:03 pm.
- 929-017 4:03 PM · 1 hr 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., unknown person(s), George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, Roy L. Ash, Arthur F. Burns, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., John T. Dunlop, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:03 pm to 5:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 929-018, May 29, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/929-018 (accessed October 12, 2026).