President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and refine his daily schedule, specifically coordinating meetings with key advisors Henry Kissinger, John Ehrlichman, and George Shultz. They also discussed logistical arrangements for professional photography during these sessions, specifically mentioning White House photographer Ollie Atkins. This brief coordination served to organize the President's upcoming appointments and manage the visual documentation of high-level meetings.
On March 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 12:26 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 464-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 464-11
Date: March 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:23 pm and 12:26 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull
President’s schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger
-John D. Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz
-Kissinger
-Time
-Dr. W. Kenneth Riland
-Photographs at meetings
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-An unknown photographer
Bull left at 12:26 pmNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.