Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 495 › Conversation 495-015

Nixon & Bull on Executive Office Building and Political cartoons

Friday, May 7, 1971 · 12:17 PM–12:19 PM ET · Oval Office ·25 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation495-015 onTape 495 (tape position 01:19:13–01:20:07)StartFriday, May 7, 1971 at 12:17 PMEndFriday, May 7, 1971 at 12:19 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 495-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to discuss personal administrative matters, specifically regarding the President's office in the Executive Office Building and the display of political cartoons. The two also reviewed the President's upcoming schedule, focusing on an appointment with W. Richard Howard. This brief exchange served to coordinate logistics concerning Howard's background, including his family connections and his professional association with Charles W. Colson.

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There's a man in the street, he's a friend over at Russell Street.
Yeah, I'll tell you, I was in a minute over there, but, uh, we're happy to have folks, man, to watch.
He's a friend of his.
He's a friend of his.
He's a friend of his.
He's a friend of his.
He's a friend of his.
He's a friend of his.
He's a friend of his.

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 12:17 pm and 12:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 495-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 495-15

Date: May 7, 1971
Time: 12:17 pm - unknown before 12:19 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     President's Executive Office Building [EOB] office
           -Cartoons

     President's schedule
           -W. Richard (“Dick”) Howard
                 -Identified
                 -Wife, father-in-law
                 -Work with Charles W. Colson

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:19 pm.

Also recorded on May 7, 1971

  • 056-003 11:48 AM — 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.
  • 495-016 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.
  • 495-018 12:26 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:26 pm to 1:02 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 495-015, 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/495-015 (accessed September 18, 2026).