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Nixon & Bull on Manuel Lujan Jr.

Tuesday, March 9, 1971 · 3:55 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation464-021 on Tape 464 (tape position 05:07:34–05:07:56)StartTuesday, March 9, 1971 at 3:55 PMEndTuesday, March 9, 1971 at 3:55 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 464-021 ↗

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the scheduling of an upcoming appointment with Congressman Manuel Lujan, Jr. The discussion focused on managing the President's calendar and logistical arrangements for this specific meeting. Following the brief administrative consultation, Bull exited the Oval Office.

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 05:07:34 to 05:07:56 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

On March 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 464-021 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 464-21

Date: March 9, 1971
Time: 3:55 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull
     President’s schedule
          -Manuel Lujan, Jr.

Bull left at 3:55 pm

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

  • 464-016 2:58 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:58 pm and 3:01 pm.
  • 464-017 3:01 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:01 pm to 3:42 pm.
  • 464-018 3:42 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:42 pm and 3:45 pm.
  • 464-019 3:45 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert A. Taft, Jr., Richard Dusterberg, Mrs. Richard Dusterberg, John E. Nidecker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:45 pm to 3:48 pm.
  • 464-020 3:48 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Silvio O. Conte, Edward Farrick, Mrs. Edward Farrick, John H. LaSalle, Robert Rodriguez, Fred H. Bardwell, John E. Nidecker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:48 pm to 3:55 pm.
  • 464-022 3:55 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manuel Lujan, Jr., John E. Nidecker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:55 pm to 4:00 pm.
  • 464-023 4:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 464-024 4:05 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, William S. Paley, Frank Stanton, John A. Schneider, Richard W. Jencks, Robert D. Wood, Richard S. Salant, Herbert G. Klein, Charles W. Colson, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:05 pm to 5:34 pm.

Conversation 464-021, March 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/464-021 (accessed November 2, 2026).