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Nixon & Bull

Friday, March 19, 1971 · 8:45 AM–8:51 AM ET · Oval Office · 2 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation470-002 on Tape 470 (tape position 00:03:31–00:05:15)StartFriday, March 19, 1971 at 8:45 AMEndFriday, March 19, 1971 at 8:51 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 470-002 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417176245 ↗

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On March 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:51 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 470-002 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 470-2

Date: March 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:45 am and 8:51 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull [?]

     Greetings

Bull [?] left at an unknown time before 8:51 am

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

  • 470-001 8:45 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:51 am.
  • 470-003 8:51 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:51 am to 9:05 am.
  • 470-004 9:23 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:23 am to 9:25 am.
  • 470-005 9:25 AM · 1 hr 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, Paul W. McCracken, Stephen B. Bull, Clarine (Billingsley) Mills, Jack Mills Dickson, Mrs. Jack Mills Dickson, Jack Young, Mrs. Jack Young, John S. Davies, White House photographer, Mrs. Randy Carlson, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 11:15 am.
  • 470-006 10:53 AM · 3 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:15 am.
  • 470-007 10:53 AM · 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Charles W. Colson, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:45 am.
  • 470-008 11:45 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:45 am and 12:06 pm.
  • 050-008 12:06 PM · 6 min — during the Signing of the National Week of Concern for Prisoners of War/Missing in Action, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the military and the Executive Committe for the National League of American Families of Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, including Joan Vinson, Carol North, Kathy Plowman, Patsy Crayton, Iris Powers, Mary Jane McManus, Eldora Ford, Alfred F. Moe, Mrs. Alfred F. Moe, Lt. Russ Buckley, Marianne Nelson, Stanley R. Resor, Gen. Bruce Palmer, Maj. L. Jones, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Lt. Col. Walter B. Ratliffe, John H. Chafee, Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., Gen. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., Dr. John L. McLucas, Gen. John C. Meyer, Mrs. Russell Davis, Lt. Russell Davis, Frank A. Sieverts, Adm. H. H. Epes, Jr., Col. Milton Kegley, William E. Brock, III, Edward P. Boland, William J. Keating, Romano L. Mazzoli, Robert H. Michel, John T. Myers, William F. ("Bob") Nichols, Thomas M. Pelly, Paul G. Rogers, Garner Shriver, William J. Young, Roger Zion, William L. Dickinson, Olive Hunt, Mrs. Richard Morin, U. Alexis Johnson, and Richard Capen, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 12:06 pm to 12:13 pm.

Conversation 470-002, March 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417176245). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/470-002 (accessed November 2, 2026).