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Nixon & Bull on Official gifts and Photography

Tuesday, April 6, 1971 · 12:25 PM–12:27 PM ET · Oval Office · 55 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation475-007 on Tape 475 (tape position 00:34:33–00:36:00)StartTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 12:25 PMEndTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 12:27 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 475-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and aide Stephen B. Bull met briefly to discuss the President’s daily schedule, including a haircut appointment, and logistics regarding photographic records of the President. The two also deliberated on the production and distribution of official gifts, specifically evaluating the cost and appropriateness of adding a presidential signature to commemorative paperweights. The conversation concluded with Nixon expressing indifference toward the administrative costs associated with these promotional materials.

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I really don't know why I always take these pictures.
They know my story.
I don't want it myself, but I don't want it for the people.
It's the people that do the pictures.
Screw it.
They don't see it either.
I want to see the pictures every day of my life, once I've read them all.
Why?
The borderless.
It's just a question.
This is another approach in that paper we received.
We didn't have a signature on it.
We weren't even giving it out to you.
A signature, I think, might be a good idea.
It might be awkward for you sometimes, too.
No, no, no.
It's fine.
It's fine.
It doesn't cost a lot.
It doesn't make a difference.

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 12:25 pm and 12:27 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 475-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 475-7

Date: April 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:25 pm and 12:27 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull

     Photographing President during talk

     President’s schedule
          -Barber

     Gifts
             -Paper weight
             -Signature by President
             -Cost

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:27 pm

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  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • 475-005 12:17 PM · 17 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 475-007, 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/475-007 (accessed October 12, 2026).