President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate administrative logistics and scheduling matters. Their discussion primarily concerned Henry Kissinger’s upcoming staff meetings and personal arrangements involving Alexander Butterfield’s family travel to Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico. No major policy decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.
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 475-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 475-14
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’s schedule
-Staff meeting
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/24/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[475-014-w001]
[Duration: 33s]
Alexander P. Butterfield
-Puerto Rico
-Wife
-Ramey Air Force Base
-Daughter
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Bull left at an unknown time before 9:18 amNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.