Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 456 › Conversation 456-008

Nixon & Bull on John R. Williams Jr. and Arizona Governor

Tuesday, February 23, 1971 · 11:48 AM ET · Oval Office ·9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation456-008 onTape 456 (tape position 01:57:46–01:58:26)StartTuesday, February 23, 1971 at 11:48 AMEndTuesday, February 23, 1971 at 11:48 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 456-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to facilitate a formal photograph with Arizona Governor John R. "Jack" Williams, Jr. The meeting served as a brief administrative coordination to ensure the session with the Governor proceeded as scheduled. Following this logistical arrangement, Bull departed the office immediately.

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On February 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:48 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 456-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 456-8

Date: February 23, 1971
Time: 11:48 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull

     Photo with John R. (“Jack”) Williams, Jr.

Bull left at 11:48 am

Also recorded on February 23, 1971

  • 456-006 11:30 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 11:36 am.
  • 456-007 11:36 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Milton R. Young, Mark Andrews, Lee W. Huebner, unknown person(s), and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:36 am to 11:48 am.
  • 456-009 11:49 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John R. ("Jack") Williams, Jr., John D. Ehrlichman, Lee W. Huebner, White House photographer, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:49 am to 12:02 pm.
  • 456-010 12:02 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Waters, Jr., Patsy (Temple) Waters, Cynthia Waters, John B. Waters, III, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Lee W. Huebner, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:02 pm to 12:06 pm.
  • 456-011 12:06 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:06 pm to 12:07 pm.
  • 456-026 12:06 PM · 10 sec — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:16 pm.
  • 048-001 12:16 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and the President's Science Advisory Committee, including Dr. Edward E. David, Dr. John D. Baldeschwieler, David Z. Beckler, Dr. Ivan L. Bennett, Jr., Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, Dr. Solomon J. Buchsbaum, Dr. Theodore L. Cairns, Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, Dr. Val L. Fitch, Dr. Herbert Friedman, Dr. Richard L. Garwin, Dr. Murray Gell-Mann, Patrick E. Haggerty, Philip Handler, Dr. Hubert Heffner, Dr. Donald F. Hornig, Kenneth Harry Olsen, Dr. Herbert A. Simon, Dr. Lloyd H. Smith, Jr., Dr. Gerald F. Tape, Dr. Harland G. Wood, Dr. John Truxal, and Frank R. Pagnotta, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 048-002 1:03 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:03 pm on February 23, 1971 and 11:45 am on February 25, 1971.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 456-008, February 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/456-008 (accessed September 18, 2026).