Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 478 › Conversation 478-010
Nixon, DeMarco & Bull on Social visit and Gift exchange
Tuesday, April 13, 1971 · 12:34 PM–12:40 PM ET · Oval Office · 5 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and the DeMarco brothers, Frank and John, for an informal social visit in the Oval Office. The participants engaged in light conversation, exchanged gifts, and posed for photographs. The discussion touched briefly on sports, specifically commending baseball player Carl Yastrzemski for his advocacy work in anti-drug campaigns for high school students.
- Social visit
- Gift exchange
- Carl Yastrzemski
- Drug awareness
- Baseball
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NARA Description
On April 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Frank DeMarco, Jr., and John DeMarco met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:34 pm to 12:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 478-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 478-10
Date: April 13, 1971
Time: 12:34 pm - 12:40 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull
Schedule
Frank DeMarco, Jr. and John DeMarco entered at 12:34 pm; the White House photographer was
present at the beginning of the meeting
Greetings
F. DeMarco
Bull left at 12:34 pm
-Children
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/09/2019.
Segment will remain closed.]
[Personal Returnable]
[478-010-w001]
[Duration: 1m 9s]
END WITHDRAWAN ITEM NO. 1
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Photograph
Presentation of gifts
-Brothers/sister
-Mother
-Golf ball
-Cuff links
-Paper weight
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/09/2019.
Segment will remain closed.]
[Personal Returnable]
[478-010-w002]
[Duration: 15s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Carl M. Yastrzemski
-Speeches to high schools regarding drugs
-Baseball
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/09/2019.
Segment will remain closed.]
[Personal Returnable]
[478-010-w003]
[Duration: 44s]
Bull entered at an unknown after 12:34 pm
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Rose Garden
-F. DeMarco
The DeMarcos and Bull left at 12:40 pmAlso recorded on April 13, 1971
- 478-007 11:17 AM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, John A. Scali, White House photographer, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:17 am and 12:18 pm.
- 478-008 12:18 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Carl M. Yastrzemski, and Henry C. Cashen, II met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:18 pm to 12:33 pm.
- 478-009 12:33 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:33 pm.
- 478-011 12:41 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:41 pm to 1:23 pm.
- 247-001 1:23 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 2:49 pm.
- 247-002 1:23 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 2:49 pm.
- 247-003 1:23 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 2:49 pm.
- 247-004 1:23 PM · 2 hr 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, unknown person(s), Peter M. Flanigan, Henry A. Kissinger, John B. Connally, White House operator, Gen. George A. Lincoln, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 6:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 478-010, April 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/478-010 (accessed October 12, 2026).