President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and refine his daily schedule for upcoming meetings. The discussion centered on coordinating sessions with key advisors, including Harry Dent, Peter Flanigan, Henry Kissinger, John Ehrlichman, and George Shultz. A primary focus of the planned deliberations with Ehrlichman and Shultz was the ongoing development of welfare reform policy.
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 1:30 pm and 2:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 464-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 464-13
Date: March 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:30 pm and 2:34 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull
President’s schedule
-Harry S. Dent and Peter M. Flanigan
-John D. Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Ehrlichman and Shultz
-Welfare reform
Bull left at an unknown time before 2:34 pmNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.