Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 489 › Conversation 489-012
Nixon & Bull on Henry Kissinger
Monday, April 26, 1971 · 2:00 PM–2:54 PM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec
An 11-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
Audio
NARA Description
On April 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 2:54 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 489-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 489-12
Date: April 26, l971
Time: Unknown time between 2:00 pm and 2:54 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President's schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger
Bull left at an unknown time before 2:54 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.
Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data
Click a timestamp to play from that point; the page address then links to that moment (e.g. #t=125).
Each line starts with a timestamp button; press it to play the audio from that point.
Also recorded on April 26, 1971
- 489-009 12:33 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:33 pm.
- 489-010 12:44 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 1:00 pm.
- 489-011 1:00 PM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm.
- 489-013 2:00 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 489-014 2:00 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 489-015 2:00 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 489-016 2:54 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:54 pm to 2:55 pm.
- 489-017 2:57 PM · 1 hr 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:57 pm to 4:12 pm.
Related conversations
- Nixon phone call with Colson on Camp David and Political Strategy June 6, 1972 · 26 min
- Nixon phone call with Kissinger on Foreign aid and Senate October 29, 1971 · 1 min
- Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Camp David June 8, 1972
- Nixon & Colson on Public messaging and Government operations July 2, 1971 · 7 min
- Nixon & Ehrlichman on Federal Budget and School Busing August 3, 1971 · 14 min
- Nixon & Ziegler on Press Relations March 1, 1973 · 1 min
Cite this conversation
Conversation 489-012, April 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417176807). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/489-012 (accessed November 2, 2026).