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Nixon & Bull on Henry Kissinger and White House administration

Thursday, April 8, 1971 · 9:13 AM–9:18 AM ET · Oval Office · 3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation475-013 on Tape 475 (tape position 01:21:41–01:23:19)StartThursday, April 8, 1971 at 9:13 AMEndThursday, April 8, 1971 at 9:18 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 475-013 ↗

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics for an upcoming meeting with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This brief session functioned as a scheduling and administrative check-in between the President and his staff. No further details regarding the specific policy objectives of the subsequent Kissinger meeting were recorded.

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On April 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:18 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 475-013 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 475-13

Date: April 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:13 am and 9:18 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull

     Henry A. Kissinger
          -Meeting with President

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:18 am
  • 475-011 8:45 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:08 am.
  • 475-012 9:08 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:08 am to 9:13 am.
  • 475-014 9:13 AM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:18 am.
  • 475-015 9:13 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:18 am.
  • 475-016 9:18 AM · 54 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Rose Mary Woods, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:18 am to 10:07 am.
  • 475-017 10:07 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter G. Peterson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:07 am to 10:20 am.
  • 052-001 10:40 AM · 1 hr 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the Council on International Economic Policy, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Henry A. Kissinger, Carl J. Gilbert, David M. Kennedy, Rocco C. Siciliano, Deane R. Hinton, Donald A. Webster, C. Fred Bergsten, and Peter G. Peterson, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:40 am to 12:17 pm.
  • 052-002 12:17 PM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 1:04 pm.

Conversation 475-013, April 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/475-013 (accessed October 12, 2026).