Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 948 › Conversation 948-013

Nixon & Bull on Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Peter J. Brennan

Wednesday, July 11, 1973 · 4:22 PM–4:24 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation948-013 on Tape 948StartWednesday, July 11, 1973 at 4:22 PMEndWednesday, July 11, 1973 at 4:24 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 948-013 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to review administrative scheduling matters, including the availability of Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The primary objective involved coordinating invitations for an upcoming meeting with Secretary of Labor Peter J. Brennan. Nixon instructed Bull to relay a message to a secretary regarding a personal acquaintance from Long Island, ensuring that the appropriate follow-through was acknowledged despite an initial lapse in memory.

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We will check strictly right now.
Hey, it's free.
Fine, so if you'd like to see me, you'd like to see me.
Because I don't know if you'd like to see me.
Ah, I just hit the buzzer.
Well, he's in, he's in.
Okay.
Mr. President, you're meeting with your friends, and I just need you to read the subject of the meeting.
By the way, this is Mrs. George's line.
This is the one that I was talking about.
Go ahead, Bill.
All right.
All right.
Go ahead and do it, and you can say that I didn't recall his office, and tell your secretary that the funds wanted to know that I forgot the man, but that we had followed through, and that he's a friend of his along the way.
I think it's interesting.
My name is Mr. and Mrs. George.
My name is .
Go ahead and do it.
All right.
Go ahead and do it, or you could say that I didn't recall his office and tell your secretary to find his wife and know that I forgot to mention him, but that we had followed through on that.
He's a friend of his in Long Island, I think.
Interesting.

NARA Description

On July 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:22 pm and 4:24 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 948-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 948-13

Date: July 11, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:22 pm and 4:24 pm
Location: Oval Office
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                              Conversation No. 948-13 (cont’d)

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

       President’s schedule
              -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
                      -Availability

       President’s meeting with Peter J. Brennan
              -Invitation to Mr. and Mrs. George Lang [sp?]
                      -Message to secretary
              -Long Island [?]

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:24 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 948-013, July 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/948-013 (accessed October 10, 2026).