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Bull & Butterfield on H.R. Haldeman and Cabinet Room meetings

Tuesday, May 4, 1971 · 8:03 AM–10:04 AM ET · Oval Office ·31 sec

ParticipantsBull, Stephen B.;  Butterfield, Alexander P.;  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation490-010 onTape 490 (tape position 01:13:11–01:13:43)StartTuesday, May 4, 1971 at 8:03 AMEndTuesday, May 4, 1971 at 10:04 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 490-010 ↗

AI Summary

Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield meet to coordinate the President's morning schedule, specifically focusing on an upcoming session in the Cabinet Room. The discussion centers on the logistical arrangements for this meeting and the involvement of H.R. Haldeman. The exchange remains brief and administrative in nature before the recording is cut off.

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Well, I guess you got a little .
I don't think that's it yet.

NARA Description

On May 4, 1971, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 10:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 490-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 490-10

Date: May 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:03 am and 10:04 am
Location: Oval Office

     President's schedule
           -Meeting in Cabinet Room
           -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 10:04 am.

Also recorded on May 4, 1971

  • 490-009 7:55 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:55 am to 8:03 am.
  • 055-004 8:04 AM · 2 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Spiro T. Agnew, and Republican Congressional leaders, including John N. Irwin, II, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Margaret Chase Smith, Gordon L. Allott, Norris Cotton, Milton R. Young, John G. Tower, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, John J. Rhodes, Richard H. Poff, Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Robert T. Stafford, H. Allen Smith, Frank T. Bow, William B. Widnall, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Kenneth R. BeLieu, Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, Patrick J. Buchanan, and Bryce N. Harlow, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:04 am to 10:04 am.
  • 490-011 10:04 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, Clark MacGregor, Herbert G. Klein, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:04 am to 10:12 am.
  • 490-012 10:12 AM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:12 am to 10:30 am.
  • 055-005 10:30 AM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the President's Commission on School Finance and the President's Panel on Nonpublic Education, including Neil H. McElroy, William G. Colman, Hilda A. Davis, Dorothy M. L. Ford, Eugene Gonzales, David H. Kurtzman, Rev. William E. McManus, Wendell H. Pierce, William G. Saltonstall, William B. Thompson, Clarence Walton, Ivan E. Zylstra, Norman Karsh, Clint Pace, Terrel H. Bell, John R. Ottina, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Joseph B. White, Phillips Grace, Paul H. O'Neill, John D. Ehrlichman, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Edward L. Morgan, and Dr. Sidney P. Marland, Jr., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:30 am to 11:36 am.
  • 490-013 10:30 AM · 36 sec — Stephen B. Bull and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 11:36 am.
  • 490-014 11:38 AM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, David Packard, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:38 am to 12:03 pm.
  • 490-015 12:03 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 490-010, May 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/490-010 (accessed September 18, 2026).