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Nixon & Bull

Thursday, May 27, 1971 · 4:26 PM–4:28 PM ET · Oval Office · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation504-014 on Tape 504 (tape position 04:31:22–04:31:41)StartThursday, May 27, 1971 at 4:26 PMEndThursday, May 27, 1971 at 4:28 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 504-014 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417177549 ↗

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NARA Description

On May 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:26 pm and 4:28 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 504-014 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 504-14

Date: May 27, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:26 pm and 4:28 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     President's schedule
          -Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler, Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr., and John D. Ehrlichman

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:28 pm.

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Yeah, well, there's a sword.
We have the sword.
That's how we use that knife.

Also recorded on May 27, 1971

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  • 504-010 2:39 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:39 pm to 2:42 pm.
  • 504-011 2:42 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:42 pm.
  • 504-012 2:42 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:42 pm.
  • 504-013 2:42 PM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, William P. Rogers, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:42 pm to 4:26 pm.
  • 504-015 4:28 PM · 2 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., John D. Ehrlichman, Frederic V. Malek, Elliot L. Richardson, unknown person(s), H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:28 pm to 6:38 pm.
  • 003-150 6:38 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:38 pm and 7:53 pm.
  • 003-151 7:53 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:53 pm to 7:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 504-014, May 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417177549). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/504-014 (accessed November 2, 2026).