Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 256 › Conversation 256-014

Nixon & Bull on Harley O. Staggers and Oliver F. Atkins

Tuesday, June 1, 1971 · 9:14 AM–11:25 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 51 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation256-014 on Tape 256 (tape position 00:19:29–00:20:17)StartTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 9:14 AMEndTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 11:25 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 256-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the scheduling of several upcoming appointments. The discussion focused on arrangements for meetings with Representative Harley O. Staggers, White House photographer Oliver F. Atkins, and Deputy Assistant Alexander P. Butterfield. No specific policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative briefing.

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NARA Description

On June 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 11:25 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 256-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 256-14

Date: June 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:14 am and 11:25 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Stephen B. Bull

     President’s schedule
          -Harley O. Staggers
          -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
          -Alexander P. Butterfield

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:25 am

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 256-014, June 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/256-014 (accessed November 12, 2026).