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Nixon & Bull on White House logistics and Ronald Ziegler

Thursday, April 8, 1971 · 1:00 PM–1:04 PM ET · Oval Office · 39 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation475-019 on Tape 475 (tape position 03:16:05–03:17:17)StartThursday, April 8, 1971 at 1:00 PMEndThursday, April 8, 1971 at 1:04 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 475-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to review and coordinate his upcoming daily schedule. The discussion focused on logistical arrangements for meetings with Herbert G. Klein, Ralph H. Cake, and Ronald Ziegler, who was accompanied by a group of students. The participants confirmed the timing of these engagements and touched upon planned travel arrangements for Texas.

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Ziegler has, with him, eight students who work with him.

NARA Description

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 1:00 pm and 1:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 475-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 475-19

Date: April 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:00 pm and 1:04 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull

      President’s schedule
           -Meeting with Herbert G. Klein and Ralph H. Cake
           -Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler and students
           -Texas
           -Time of meetings

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:04 pm

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  • 475-018 12:17 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Franco Mario Malfatti, Peter G. Peterson, C. Fred Bergsten, Neil A. Seidenman, David M. Kennedy, 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, Rocco C. Siciliano, Deane R. Hinton, Donald A. Webster, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 1:00 pm.
  • 475-020 1:04 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ralph H. Cake, Herbert G. Klein, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:04 pm to 1:11 pm.
  • 475-021 1:12 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Bryan Lewis, Jenifer Pine, James Little, Erich Hoffman, Harman Carswell, Susan Horsley, Carol Eags, Amy Gellis, White House photographer, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Gordon C. Strachan, Jack Dempsey, and Mrs. Jack Dempsey met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:12 pm to 2:00 pm.
  • 001-047 3:03 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 3:55 pm.
  • 475-022 3:03 PM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:03 pm to 3:55 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 475-019, 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/475-019 (accessed October 12, 2026).