Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 456 › Conversation 456-026

Bull on White House administration and Personnel coordination

Tuesday, February 23, 1971 · 12:06 PM–12:16 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsBull, Stephen B.;  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation456-026 onTape 456 (tape position 02:16:24–02:16:34)StartTuesday, February 23, 1971 at 12:06 PMEndTuesday, February 23, 1971 at 12:16 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 456-026 ↗

AI Summary

Stephen B. Bull met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to coordinate administrative logistics or personnel matters. Alexander P. Butterfield was also present during the brief encounter, which lasted approximately ten minutes. No specific policy decisions were recorded, as the discussion primarily served to facilitate internal White House operations.

Audio

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NARA Description

On February 23, 1971, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 456-026 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 456-26

Date: February 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:06 pm and 12:16 pm
Location: Oval Office

Stephen B. Bull talked with an unknown man

      Alexander P. Butterfield

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.
  • 456-008 11:48 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 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.
  • 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 456-026, 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/456-026 (accessed September 18, 2026).