Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 495 › Conversation 495-013
Nixon & Bull on Herbert G. Klein
Friday, May 7, 1971 · 11:56 AM–11:58 AM ET · Oval Office ·9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule. The primary focus of the brief discussion was arranging a meeting between the President and Herbert G. Klein. The conversation concluded with Bull departing the office two minutes after the meeting began.
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NARA Description
On May 7, 1971, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 495-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 495-13
Date: May 7, 1971
Time: Unknown after 11:56 am until 11:58 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull
President's schedule
-Upcoming meeting with Herbert G. Klein
Bull left at 11:58 am.Also recorded on May 7, 1971
- 495-010 11:45 AM · 33 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 495-014 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 495-013, 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/495-013 (accessed September 18, 2026).