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Nixon & Bull on John N. Mitchell and White House Administration

Friday, May 7, 1971 · 4:32 PM–4:33 PM ET · Oval Office · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation495-025 on Tape 495 (tape position 03:31:40–03:32:15)StartFriday, May 7, 1971 at 4:32 PMEndFriday, May 7, 1971 at 4:33 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 495-025 ↗

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to conduct a brief review of the President's upcoming schedule. The primary focus of the discussion concerned arrangements for an impending meeting with Attorney General John N. Mitchell. No major policy decisions were recorded during this short administrative interaction.

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These are the gills.
Okay, well I can do weights on here.

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 4:32 pm and 4:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 495-025 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 495-25

Date: May 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:32 pm and 4:33 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     President's schedule
           -John N. Mitchell

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:33 pm.
  • 495-021 2:57 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George Meany, and Willie J. Usery, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:57 pm to 4:14 pm.
  • 495-022 4:14 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:14 pm to 4:15 pm.
  • 495-023 4:16 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ernest V. Siracusa, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:16 pm to 4:32 pm.
  • 002-122 4:32 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 4:33 pm.
  • 495-024 4:32 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 4:33 pm.
  • 495-026 4:33 PM · 1 hr 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, John B. Connally, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:33 pm to 5:53 pm.
  • 002-123 4:39 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 4:39 pm to 4:47 pm.
  • 495-027 5:53 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:53 pm to 6:17 pm.

Conversation 495-025, 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/495-025 (accessed October 3, 2026).