Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 42 › Conversation 042-019

Nixon phone call with Bull on Revenue sharing and Alaska Federation of Natives

Tuesday, April 6, 1971 · 11:35 AM–11:37 AM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation042-019 on Tape 42 (tape position 00:21:44–00:23:48)StartTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 11:35 AMEndTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 11:37 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 042-019 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417187793 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull coordinated the President's midday schedule, focusing on the timing of a revenue sharing meeting and a brief photo opportunity with Secretary Rogers C.B. Morton, Senator Ted Stevens, and Don Wright regarding Alaska Native legislation. Nixon emphasized his need for precise time management to ensure meetings with his work team and the Alaska Federation of Natives representatives stayed on track. Additionally, the President scheduled an appointment with his barber to take place immediately following the morning engagements.

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NARA Description

On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 11:35 am to 11:37 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 42-19

Date: April 6, 1971
Time: 11:35 am - 11:37 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 245-16]

     President's schedule
           -Tape on revenue sharing
           -Meeting with revenue sharing work team
           -Handshakes with Alaska Federation of Natives group

               -Rogers C. B. Morton
                    -Bill
               -Ted Stevens
               -Don Wright
               -Photograph session
          -Barber

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Mr. Boll, Mr. President.
Yes, sir.
Steve, after I finish this tape, then I come back to the Oval Office for that other meeting?
Yes, sir.
Just a group of people who work on that.
Are they going to come to the Oval or to the Cabinet Room?
To the Oval Office, sir.
Right.
And they'll be there when?
At 12 o'clock.
We can have them right there, actually, when you come back from...
The tape isn't going to take more than five minutes.
I'll probably be there.
Well, five minutes to 12.
That's soon enough.
All right, sir, fine.
It'll take me that much time to get over there.
There is another meeting at 1210, just a short handshake with Morton, Senator Stevens, and Don Wright also.
That follows immediately after that.
With whom?
Secretary Morton, Senator Stevens, and Mr. Don Wright, who is...
The Indian Alaska Federation of Natives president of that.
This is a 12-tensor.
It's just a short two-minute handshake with him.
Are they sure of that or is it a meeting because I need to know?
No, it's a handshake.
Two-minute handshake and photo opportunity and that's all.
I'm not going to have any goddamn photographers press in on that.
Is that what they want?
Yes, sir.
That was the purpose of it.
Well, all right, all right, all right.
But be sure, well, if it's, Steve, tell me, if it's going to be 15 minutes, it's fine.
I need to know, though.
No, it's only to be two minutes.
No, sir, it's only to be two minutes.
No preparation needed on that.
Yeah, just to shake hands with somebody with Indian Affairs, you say?
Yes, sir.
Secretary Morton's sending up a bill today at noon, sending up to the hill.
I see.
So this is just to draw attention to it.
Mr. President, would you like to see the barber today?
Yeah, I'm going to, but then let's have him at 12, have him over at 1215.
Well, wait a minute, 12, it doesn't have to be 1230, I guess.
No, 12 o'clock for the one, no.
Morton's at 12 what?
1210, sir.
1210, fine.
I'll have the barber at 1215.
All right, sir, fine.
Thank you.

Also recorded on April 6, 1971

  • 042-017 11:19 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 11:19 am to 11:21 am.
  • 245-014 11:19 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:19 am to 11:21 am.
  • 042-018 11:21 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 11:35 am.
  • 245-015 11:21 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 11:35 am.
  • 245-016 11:35 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:35 am to 11:37 am.
  • 042-020 11:37 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:37 am and 1:50 pm.
  • 245-017 11:37 AM · 21 sec — 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 11:37 am and 1:00 pm.
  • 001-001 11:51 AM · 11 sec — United States Secret Service agents and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:51 am and 11:53 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 042-019, April 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417187793). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-019 (accessed October 31, 2026).