Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 475 › Conversation 475-005
Nixon & Bull on Alaskan Federation and White House logistics
Tuesday, April 6, 1971 · 12:17 PM–12:20 PM ET · Oval Office · 17 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate administrative details regarding an upcoming visit by the Alaskan Federation group. The discussion focused on the logistics surrounding the group's arrival at the White House. No major policy decisions were reached during this brief scheduling encounter.
- Alaskan Federation
- White House logistics
- Presidential scheduling
- Stephen B. Bull
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NARA Description
On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 475-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 475-5
Date: April 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull
Arrival of Alaskan Federation group
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:20 pmAlso recorded on April 6, 1971
- 001-003 11:53 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 12:10 pm.
- 001-004 11:53 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 12:10 pm.
- 475-001 11:53 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 11:55 am.
- 475-004 11:55 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Edward L. Morgan, Dana G. Mead, James McLane, John Gartland, John F. Evans, Jr., Edwin L. Harper, Raymond J. Waldeman, William F. Rhatican, Donald B. Rice, Donald E. Crabill, David Page, Roger Adkins, Richard P. Nathan, William Robinson, James Blum, Harry S. Havens and William Hamm, Wilfred H. Rommel, C. William Fischer, Naomi Sweeney, Richard K. Cook, John Russell Deane, III, Bill Fuller, Murray L. Weidenbaum, Robert Joss, William H. Johnson, Richard W. Velde, Jerry Copf, Charles J. Orlebeck, Henry Ahlgren, William W. Blunt, John P. Olsson, Malcolm R. Lovell, Jr., Christopher T. Cross, John R. Ottina, Ned Granlich, Larry Thompson, White House photographer, Peter Michel, Rainer Barzel, Rolf Pauls, and William Hamm met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:20 pm.
- 001-006 12:14 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clifford M. Hardin, and Claude W. Gifford talked on the telephone from 12:14 pm to 12:17 pm.
- 475-006 12:20 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Don Wright, Rogers C. B. Morton, Ted Stevens, Fritz Behren, Leonard Garment, Bradley H. Patterson, Jr., Barbara ("Bobbie") (Greene) Kilberg, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:20 pm to 12:25 pm.
- 475-007 12:25 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:27 pm.
- 476-001 12:27 PM · 9 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 8:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 475-005, April 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/475-005 (accessed October 12, 2026).