Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 508 › Conversation 508-015

Nixon & Bull on Robert H. Finch and H. R. Haldeman

Wednesday, June 2, 1971 · 12:19 PM–12:24 PM ET · Oval Office · 23 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation508-015 on Tape 508 (tape position 02:41:07–02:41:55)StartWednesday, June 2, 1971 at 12:19 PMEndWednesday, June 2, 1971 at 12:24 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 508-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and adjust his daily schedule regarding upcoming appointments with Robert H. Finch and H. R. Haldeman. Nixon specifically sought to avoid a lunch meeting with Finch, preferring to shift the appointment to a different time slot. The brief discussion concluded with a decision to finalize the logistics of these encounters.

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He said, would you see him finish if he had lunch in the plan?

I don't want to have lunch with him.

See, he's free now.

Rather than 2.30, it would have been any better.

I could do it either time, 12 or 2.

NARA Description

On June 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:19 pm and 12:24 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 508-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 508-015

Date: June 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:19 pm and 12:24 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull

     President’s schedule
           -Robert H. Finch
           -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:24 pm

Also recorded on June 2, 1971

508-013 9:45 AM · 2 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:45 am to 12:04 pm.
508-014 12:04 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, William J. Hopkins, Mrs. William J. Hopkins, John N. Castell, and Mrs. John N. Castell met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:04 pm and 12:12 pm.
508-016 12:19 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:19 pm and 12:24 pm.
508-017 12:24 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:24 pm to 12:26 pm.
508-018 12:26 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:26 pm.
508-019 12:26 PM · 1 hr 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Robert H. Finch, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:26 pm to 2:25 pm.
510-001 2:25 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:25 pm to 3:15 pm.
510-002 3:15 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:15 pm to 3:16 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 508-015, June 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/508-015 (accessed September 27, 2026).