Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 514 › Conversation 514-003

Nixon & Bull on John D. Ehrlichman and White House staff

Tuesday, June 8, 1971 · 7:53 AM–7:55 AM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation514-003 on Tape 514 (tape position 00:01:51–00:02:04)StartTuesday, June 8, 1971 at 7:53 AMEndTuesday, June 8, 1971 at 7:55 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 514-003 ↗

President Nixon summoned his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, to the Oval Office for a brief morning meeting. The primary purpose of the discussion was the President's urgent request to locate and bring in John D. Ehrlichman. Following the directive, the meeting concluded shortly thereafter as Bull departed to carry out the instruction.

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On June 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:53 am to 7:55 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 514-003 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 514-3

Date: June 8, 1971
Time: 7:53 am - 7:55 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull

     Request for John D. Ehrlichman

Bull left at 7:55 am
  • 514-001 7:53 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 8:03 am.
  • 514-002 7:53 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 8:03 am.
  • 514-004 7:55 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:55 am to 8:02 am.
  • 004-066 7:59 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 7:59 am to 8:02 am.
  • 004-067 8:02 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:02 am and 9:44 am.
  • 060-001 8:03 AM · 1 hr 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Cabinet officers, and staffers, including John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red"), Blount, Jr., Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Peter M. Flanigan, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Robert J. Brown, Edward L. Morgan, Edwin L. Harper, John C. Whitaker, Neal Ball, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Raymond J. Waldman, Leonard Garment, John F. Evans, Jr., Lewis A. Engman, Roy D. Morey, Peter Michel, Geoffrey C. Shepard, Martin C. ("Marty") Anderson, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Paul W. McCracken, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Arnold R. Weber, and Arthur J. Sohmer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 10:31 am.
  • 514-020 8:03 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:03 am.
  • 514-021 8:03 AM · 18 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 9:40 am.

Conversation 514-003, June 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/514-003 (accessed October 12, 2026).