Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-002

Nixon phone call with Bull on Arthur F. Burns and Time management

Monday, June 28, 1971 · 2:47 PM–2:48 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation006-002 on Tape 6 (tape position 00:00:42–00:00:57)StartMonday, June 28, 1971 at 2:47 PMEndMonday, June 28, 1971 at 2:48 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate his personal and professional schedule for the evening. The President requested that his barber appointment be arranged for 6:00 p.m., specifically following his scheduled meeting with Arthur F. Burns. Bull confirmed he would facilitate the requested adjustments to the President's itinerary.

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Yeah.
Yes, sir, Steve.
Steve, would you see if we could get the barber at 6 today?
Barber at 6?
After I finish with Burns.
All right, sir, fine.
That's convenient.
Okay, fine.
All right, sir.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On June 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:47 pm to 2:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-2

Date: June 28, 1971
Time: 2:47 pm - 2:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 259-4]

     President's schedule
           -Barber's appointment
           -Meeting with Arthur F. Burns

Also recorded on June 28, 1971

  • 259-001 1:40 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 259-004 2:47 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:47 pm to 2:48 pm.
  • 006-003 2:48 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:48 pm.
  • 259-005 2:48 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:48 pm.
  • 006-004 2:49 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:49 pm to 2:50 pm.
  • 259-006 2:49 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:49 pm to 2:50 pm.
  • 006-005 2:50 PM · 54 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 5:59 pm.
  • 259-007 2:53 PM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:53 pm to 4:01 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-002, June 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-002 (accessed October 18, 2026).