Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 498 › Conversation 498-004
Nixon & Bull on John D. Ehrlichman and Presidential staff
Thursday, May 13, 1971 · 10:30 AM ET · Oval Office · 4 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, for a brief administrative check-in at the Oval Office. The primary focus of the discussion was reviewing John D. Ehrlichman's upcoming schedule. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this short briefing.
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NARA Description
On May 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 498-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 498-004
Date: May 13, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:30 am and 10:32 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull
John D. Ehrlichman's schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:32 am
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542Also recorded on May 13, 1971
- 003-040 8:40 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 8:40 am to 8:48 am.
- 498-002 9:28 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William P. Rogers, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:28 am to 10:03 am.
- 003-041 9:35 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone at 9:35 am.
- 498-003 10:04 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Elliot L. Richardson, Dr. Merlin K. ("Morty") Duval, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Clark MacGregor, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:04 am to 10:30 am.
- 498-005 10:32 AM · 1 hr 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Steven Baker, Richard J. Daley, George P. Shultz, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:32 am to 12:20 pm.
- 498-019 12:20 PM · 23 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:50 pm.
- 057-001 12:22 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and the Citizens' Committee for Government Reorganization, including James M. Roche, Terry Sanford, Dewey F. Bartlett, John E. Robson, Walter N. Thayer, James Finch, Murray Comarow, Francis A. Coy, Betty Furness, Ben W. Heineman, J. Erik Jonsson, Franklin A. Lindsay, Leonard H. Marks, Newton Minow, Gen. Lauris Norstad, Richard M. Paget, Jack S. Parker, James J. Reynolds, Allen P. Stults, Andrew J. Young, Jr., and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 12:22 pm to 12:50 pm.
- 057-002 12:50 PM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 4:31 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 498-004, May 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/498-004 (accessed October 11, 2026).