Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 476 › Conversation 476-027
Nixon & Bull on Open Door Hour and Press relations
Friday, April 9, 1971 · 3:34 PM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec
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President Nixon met with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate the logistics for an upcoming "Open Door Hour" event. The brief discussion focused on facilitating a press photograph session during the event. Bull was instructed on managing the flow of the press and securing the necessary access for the photo opportunity.
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NARA Description
On April 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 476-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 476-27
Date: April 9, 1971
Time: 3:34 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull
Open Door Hour
-Press picture
Bull left at 3:34 pmAlso recorded on April 9, 1971
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- 001-064 3:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas F. Murphy talked on the telephone from 3:20 pm to 3:21 pm.
- 476-028 3:34 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Marguerite Piazza, F. Harry Bergtholdt, William J. Condon, Anna B. Condon, Dr. Herman Marvin Pollard, Mrs. Dr. Herman Marvin Pollard, Irving I. Rimer, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:34 pm to 3:37 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 476-027, April 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/476-027 (accessed October 12, 2026).