Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 495 › Conversation 495-010

Nixon & Bull on Telephone Bank bill and Bill signing ceremony

Friday, May 7, 1971 · 11:45 AM–11:48 AM ET · Oval Office ·33 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.;  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation495-010 onTape 495 (tape position 00:57:07–00:57:40)StartFriday, May 7, 1971 at 11:45 AMEndFriday, May 7, 1971 at 11:48 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 495-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull prepared for an upcoming bill signing ceremony in the Cabinet Room regarding the establishment of a telephone bank. The discussion centered on coordinating logistics for the event, including the anticipated participation of various congressional members and representatives from the National Telephone Cooperative Association, such as Eldon M. Snowden. The participants concluded their brief meeting by transitioning to the event location.

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NARA Description

On May 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:45 am and 11:48 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 495-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 495-10

Date: May 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:45 am and 11:48 am
Location: Oval Office

Stephen B. Bull met with an unknown person.

     Telephone Bank bill signing ceremony

            -Cabinet Room

The unknown person left and the President entered at an unknown time after 11:45 am.

     Telephone Bank bill signing
          -Congressman [name unintelligible]
          -National Telephone Cooperative Association
                     -Eldon M. Snowden

President and Bull left at 11:48 am

Also recorded on May 7, 1971

  • 056-003 11:48 AM · 2 min — during the signing of the Telephone Bank Bill [S. 70], President Richard M. Nixon, Robert J. Dole, Jack R. Miller, Herman E. Talmadge, Ancher Nelsen, Alvin E. O'Konski, William R. Poage, Robert D. Price, Garner Shriver, Vernon W. Thomson, Clifford M. Hardin, J. Philip Campbell, Thomas K. Cowden, William E. Galbraith, David A. Hamil, Everett C. Weitzell, James R. Wright, Harold C. Ebaugh, Warren B. French, Jr., Adm. William C. Mott, David C. Fullarton, Ross Heller, Eldon M. Snowden, Harold G. Payne, A. Harold Peterson, Hyde Murray, John C. Whitaker, Richard K. Cook, Max L. Friedersdorf, and press photographers met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:48 am and 11:56 am.
  • 495-011 11:48 AM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:48 am and 11:56 am.
  • 495-012 11:48 AM · 26 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:48 am and 11:56 am.
  • 495-013 11:56 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:56 am and 11:58 am.
  • 495-014 11:58 AM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Stephen B. Bull, Herbert G. Klein, Bob Murphy, Robert Rosenthal, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:58 am to 12:17 pm.
  • 495-015 12:17 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:19 pm.
  • 495-016 12:19 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, W. Richard Howard, Marcis Howard, and Mr. Northrup met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:19 pm to 12:20 pm.
  • 495-017 12:20 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:26 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 495-010, May 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/495-010 (accessed September 18, 2026).