Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 490 › Conversation 490-001

Nixon & Bull on White House administration and Oval Office logistics

Thursday, April 29, 1971 · 12:03 PM ET · Oval Office ·14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation490-001 onTape 490 (tape position 00:00:35–00:00:48)StartThursday, April 29, 1971 at 12:03 PMEndThursday, April 29, 1971 at 12:03 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 490-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, in the Oval Office to address administrative matters and logistics regarding the President's daily schedule. The conversation focused on managing presidential workflow and prioritizing upcoming appointments. No major policy shifts or substantive developments were recorded during this brief administrative briefing.

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NARA Description

On April 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 490-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 490-1

Date: April 29, 1971
Time: 12:03 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

Also recorded on April 29, 1971

  • 251-032 11:08 AM · 2 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 11:08 am and 12:03 pm.
  • 490-002 12:04 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Valerija B. Raulinaitis, Robert E. Hampton, Barbara H. Franklin, Vickie L. Keller, Jayne B. Spain, Sallyanne Payton, Frederic V. Malek, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, Ronald L. Ziegler, Tricia Nixon Cox, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:04 pm to 12:42 pm.
  • 490-003 12:42 PM · 22 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:52 pm.
  • 490-004 12:42 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:52 pm.
  • 490-005 12:52 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Howell Conant met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:52 pm.
  • 490-006 12:52 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:52 pm to 12:53 pm.
  • 490-007 12:53 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:53 pm to 1:17 pm.
  • 251-033 1:17 PM · 6 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 1:17 pm and 2:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 490-001, April 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/490-001 (accessed September 18, 2026).