Nixon White House TapesTape 473 › Conversation 473-017

Nixon & Bull on White House administration

Thursday, March 25, 1971 · 5:00 PM–9:40 AM ET · Oval Office ·10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation473-017 onTape 473 (tape position 04:57:26–04:58:50)StartThursday, March 25, 1971 at 5:00 PMEndFriday, March 26, 1971 at 9:40 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 473-017 ↗

President Nixon and his personal aide Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office to discuss the President’s upcoming daily schedule and agenda. The conversation focused on logistical planning and administrative arrangements for Nixon's official time commitments. The exchange concluded with the coordination of these scheduling priorities.

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President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:00 pm on March 25, 1971 and 9:40 am on March 26, 1971. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 473-017 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 473-17

Date: Unknown between March 25 and March 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:00 pm, March 25 and 9:40 am, March 26, 1971
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]

     President’s schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:40 am, March 26, 1971
  • 473-011 4:23 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:40 pm.
  • 473-012 4:23 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:40 pm.
  • 473-013 4:23 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:40 pm.
  • 473-014 4:23 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:40 pm.
  • 473-015 4:23 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Robert H. Finch, Clark MacGregor, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, and William M. Allen met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:56 pm.
  • 473-016 4:56 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Walter E. Fauntroy, Dorothy (Simms) Fauntroy, Marvin K. Fauntroy, Clark MacGregor, and Robert J. Brown met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 5:00 pm.
  • 051-012 5:00 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and the Congressional Black Caucus, including Charles C. Diggs, Jr., August F. Hawkins, William L. Clay, George W. Collins, John Conyers, Jr., Ronald V. Dellums, Walter E. Fauntroy, Ralph Metcalfe, Parren J. Mitchell, Robert N. C. Nix, Charles B. Rangel, Louis Stokes, and Shirley Chisholm, as well as staff members Clark MacGregor, Robert H. Finch, George P. Shultz, George W. Romney, Robert J. Brown, and Leonard Garment and press photographers, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.
  • 473-018 5:00 PM · 21 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:00 pm on March 25, 1971 and 9:40 am on March 26, 1971.

Conversation 473-017, March 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/473-017 (accessed September 18, 2026).