Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 934 › Conversation 934-004

Nixon & Bull on Alexander M. Haig Jr. and Cabinet meeting

Thursday, June 7, 1973 · 9:02 AM–9:20 AM ET · Oval Office · 24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation934-004 on Tape 934StartThursday, June 7, 1973 at 9:02 AMEndThursday, June 7, 1973 at 9:20 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 934-004 ↗

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and organize the President’s daily schedule. The discussion focused on coordinating upcoming meetings, specifically with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and a full Cabinet session. A key priority addressed during the briefing was the preparation of a Vietnam policy paper intended for the Cabinet’s review.

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This is an adjustment of the kind that we agreed to be rejected by the Vietnamese.

On June 7, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 934-004 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 934-4

Date: June 7, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:02 am and 9:20 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

       President’s schedule
              -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. meeting
              -Cabinet meeting
                      -Vietnam briefing paper
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                              Conversation No. 934-4 (cont’d)

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:20 am.
  • 934-001 8:34 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 8:34 am and 9:02 am.
  • 934-002 9:02 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:20 am.
  • 934-003 9:02 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:20 am.
  • 934-005 9:20 AM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:20 am to 10:04 am.
  • 124-006 10:04 AM · 1 hr 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz, William P. Clements, Jr., Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Floyd H. Hyde, John W. Barnum, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, Melvin R. Laird, Peter J. Brennan, Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford, George H. W. Bush, John B. Connally, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., William E. Timmons, General Brent G. Scowcroft, Raymond K. Price, Jr., David R. Gergen, David N. Parker, Gerald L. Warren, Frederic V. Malek, Arthur J. Sohmer, Herbert Stein, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:04 am to 11:19 am.
  • 934-006 11:19 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:22 am.
  • 934-007 11:22 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clarence M. Kelley, and Elliot L. Richardson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:22 am to 11:25 am.
  • 934-008 11:25 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:33 am.

Conversation 934-004, June 7, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/934-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).