Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 483 › Conversation 483-001
Nixon & Bull on H.R. Haldeman and Oval Office administration
Tuesday, April 20, 1971 · 7:55 AM–7:57 AM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to coordinate his daily schedule. The brief discussion centered on the presence of H.R. Haldeman, who was waiting to see the President. The meeting concluded quickly as Bull facilitated the transition for Haldeman's upcoming appointment.
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NARA Description
On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:55 am and 7:57 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 483-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 483-1
Date: April 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:55 am and 7:57 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Bull left at an unknown time before 7:57 am.Also recorded on April 20, 1971
- 054-002 7:55 AM · 9 min — Peter G. Peterson, Bryce N. Harlow, Richard H. Poff, and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 7:55 am and 8:06 am.
- 483-002 7:55 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:55 am and 8:06 am.
- 054-003 8:06 AM · 1 hr 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Republican Congressional leaders, including Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Margaret Chase Smith, Norris Cotton, Gordon L. Allott, Peter H. Dominick, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Richard H. Poff, Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, Robert T. Stafford, Robert J. Dole, George P. Shultz, Peter G. Peterson, Peter M. Flanigan, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Kenneth E. BeLieu, Patrick J. Buchanan, Ernest Stern, C. Fred Bergsten, Jonathan C. Rose, Bryce N. Harlow, Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:06 am and 9:44 am.
- 483-003 8:06 AM · 1 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:06 am and 9:46 am.
- 483-004 9:46 AM · 1 hr 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:46 am to 11:15 am.
- 483-005 11:15 AM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:20 am.
- 483-006 11:20 AM · 10 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 11:50 am.
- 483-007 11:50 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:50 am to 12:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 483-001, April 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/483-001 (accessed October 3, 2026).