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Nixon & Bull on Agricultural editors and White House tours

Tuesday, April 20, 1971 · 11:15 AM–11:20 AM ET · Oval Office · 49 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation483-005 on Tape 483 (tape position 01:30:20–01:32:34)StartTuesday, April 20, 1971 at 11:15 AMEndTuesday, April 20, 1971 at 11:20 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 483-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to finalize logistical details regarding an upcoming Rose Garden event for a group of agricultural editors. They discussed the coordination of the visit, including tour arrangements and the presentation of gifts for the attendees and their spouses. The conversation also touched upon press relations and the role of Gerald R. Warren and Ronald L. Ziegler in managing media communications for the event.

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The President of the Group of Agricultural Editors has arrived in London, New York, early Saturday.

Some 35 people are expected to read and figure it out.

There are, however, a number of miscommunications with the White House afterwards.

The President has said it very heartily this week, but there's no safety of that nature.

Thank you.

I am the main editor of some of the President's assignments.

Well, it's about the wires, sir.

There are only four, uh, I think there are four wires in the key to Washington.

This was, uh, maybe, uh, a little bit of the wires.

All right.

Jerry Warren is our writing secretary.

He's writing on a small press writing group for people.

Thank you.

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 11:15 am and 11:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 483-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 483-5

Date: April 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:15 am and 11:20 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Meeting with agricultural editors
               -Number
               -Rose Garden
               -White House tour
               -Clifford M. Hardin
               -Wives

                      -Gifts
                 -Gerald R. Warren and Ronald L. Ziegler
                      -Press

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:20 am.

Also recorded on April 20, 1971

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.
483-006 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.
483-008 12:15 PM · 54 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:37 pm.
483-009 12:37 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:37 pm to 12:40 pm.
483-010 12:40 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Marcel A. Naville, Melchoir Borsinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:40 pm to 1:10 pm.
483-011 1:11 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:11 pm.
483-012 1:11 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:11 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 483-005, 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/483-005 (accessed October 3, 2026).