Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 488 › Conversation 488-007
Nixon & Bull on H.R. Haldeman and Presidential staff
Tuesday, April 27, 1971 · 7:52 AM–7:53 AM ET · Oval Office · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met briefly with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, to review the President’s morning schedule. The primary focus of the discussion was the upcoming arrival of H.R. “Bob” Haldeman. The meeting concluded immediately after these logistical arrangements were addressed.
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NARA Description
On April 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:52 am to 7:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 488-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 488-7
Date: April 27, 1971
Time: 7:52 am - 7:53 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Schedule
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Bull left at 7:53 am.Also recorded on April 27, 1971
- 488-008 7:52 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:52 am to 7:53 am.
- 488-009 7:53 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:53 am to 7:54 am.
- 488-010 7:55 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:55 am to 8:04 am.
- 055-003 8:04 AM · 1 hr 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and members of the Cabinet, including John N. Irwin, II, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Jr., Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, James T. Lynn, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Robert J. Brown, Robert J. Dole, Arthur J. Sohmer, Donald E. Johnson, and Malcolm R. Lovell, Jr., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:04 am to 9:43 am.
- 488-011 9:55 AM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:05 am.
- 488-012 10:05 AM · 11 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, James C. Fletcher, James A. Belson, Fay Fletcher, Ginger Fletcher, Mary Susan Fletcher, James S. Fletcher, Wallace F. Bennett, Clinton P. Anderson, Carl T. Curtis, George P. Miller, Olin E. Teague, James J. Fulton, George M. Low, Richard C. McCurdy, Helen D. Bentlye, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Clay T. ("Tom") Whitehead, William E. Kriegsman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Thomas O. Paine met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:16 am.
- 488-013 10:16 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:19 am.
- 488-014 10:16 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:19 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 488-007, April 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/488-007 (accessed October 10, 2026).