Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 517 › Conversation 517-007

Nixon, Bull & Butterfield on Television coverage and White House logistics

Friday, June 11, 1971 · 11:56 AM–11:58 AM ET · Oval Office ·2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.;  Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation517-007 onTape 517 (tape position 02:11:43–02:13:54)StartFriday, June 11, 1971 at 11:56 AMEndFriday, June 11, 1971 at 11:58 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 517-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to finalize logistical details regarding Tricia Nixon’s upcoming wedding rehearsal and associated television coverage. They coordinated the timing of briefings with staff members Ronald L. Ziegler, William H. Carruthers, and Mark I. Goode to ensure the event schedule remained manageable. Alexander P. Butterfield briefly joined the President toward the end of the session to discuss preparations for a forthcoming meeting.

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I'll tell you, I'll see them just before.
I mean, I know how the, what they have to do is you come down and go up and I, I think it's all.
There is plenty of time to it.
If it's convenient, if it's most convenient, we'll have you do a break before the rehearsal.
Oh, well, we'll see then.
We'll see.
Maybe we might be able to do it at 1 o'clock.
Oh, 1 o'clock.
Okay, 5 o'clock.
I don't want any, but I don't want to bother you for all this time.
I don't understand.
I don't understand.
It just stays at 1 to 5.
It's all there.
It's all there.
It stays.
Okay, fine.
Geraldine Marie.

NARA Description

On June 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:56 am and 11:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 517-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 517-7

Date: June 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:56 am and 11:58 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull

     President’s schedule
          -Rehearsal of wedding
                -Briefing of Ronald L. Ziegler, William H. Carruthers, and Mark I. Goode
                -Television coverage
                -Timing

Bull left at unknown time before 11:58 am

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 11:56 am

          -Forthcoming meeting

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 11:58 am

Also recorded on June 11, 1971

  • 517-006 11:08 AM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John Sherman Cooper, Clark MacGregor, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:08 am to 11:56 am.
  • 517-008 11:58 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Samuel L. Devine, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:58 am to 12:20 pm.
  • 517-009 12:20 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:23 pm.
  • 517-010 12:23 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Guido Zerilli-Marimo, Alexander P. Butterfield, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:23 pm to 12:39 pm.
  • 517-011 12:39 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:39 pm to 12:40 pm.
  • 517-012 12:40 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert C. Hill, Harry S. Dent, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:40 pm to 12:59 pm.
  • 517-013 12:59 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 1:02 pm.
  • 517-014 12:59 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 1:02 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 517-007, June 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/517-007 (accessed September 18, 2026).