Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 472 › Conversation 472-005

Nixon & Bull on Oval Office procedures and Staff relations

Tuesday, March 23, 1971 · 10:16 AM ET · Oval Office ·18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation472-005 onTape 472 (tape position 00:27:25–00:27:42)StartTuesday, March 23, 1971 at 10:16 AMEndTuesday, March 23, 1971 at 10:16 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 472-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull engaged in a brief, informal exchange immediately following Bull's arrival in the Oval Office. The conversation consisted of casual banter rather than substantive policy discussions or administrative business. No formal actions or decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.

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NARA Description

On March 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:16 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 472-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 472-5

Date: March 23, 1971
Time: 10:16 am
Location: Oval Office

[A transcript of the following portion of the conversation was initially prepared for the
Watergate Special Prosecution Force [WSPF] and can be found in Record Group [RG] 460. The
Nixon Presidential Materials Staff has reveiwed the transcript and has made changes as
necessary. This transcript has been reviewed under the provisions of the Presidential Recordings
and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 [PRMPA]. The National Archives does not guarantee its
accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Bull left at 10:16 am

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  • 472-007 10:20 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leslie C. Arends met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:20 am to 10:24 am.
  • 472-008 10:25 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Clifford M. Hardin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:25 am to 10:35 am.
  • 051-001 10:35 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and leaders of the dairy industry, including Clifford M. Hardin, J. Philip Campbell, Paul Affeldt, Paul Alagia, Melvin Besemer, John E. Butterbrodt, Bill Eckles, Don Gregg, W. R. Griffith, Carlyle Hansen, Marion Edwyn Harrison, Patrick J. Hillings, Wesley Johnson, John A. Moser, Harold S. Nelson, David L. Parr, Bill Powell, P. L. Robinson, Avery Vose, Frank White, Clarence D. Palmby, Richard E. Lyng, William E. Galbraith, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, Donald B. Rice, Henry C. Cashen, II, and John C. Whitaker, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:35 am to 11:25 am.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 472-005, March 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/472-005 (accessed September 18, 2026).