Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 473 › Conversation 473-017

Nixon & Bull

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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation473-017 on Tape 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 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417176311 ↗

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NARA Description

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.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

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

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Also recorded on March 25, 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 · 1 hr 16 min — 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 473-017, March 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417176311). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/473-017 (accessed November 2, 2026).