Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 519 › Conversation 519-013

Nixon, Hodgson & Bull on Television coverage and Wedding

Monday, June 14, 1971 · 4:30 PM–4:34 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Hodgson, James D.Conversation519-013 on Tape 519 (tape position 04:03:23–04:05:53)StartMonday, June 14, 1971 at 4:30 PMEndMonday, June 14, 1971 at 4:34 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 519-013 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with staff members Stephen Bull, Alexander Butterfield, and Secretary of Labor James Hodgson to discuss the television coverage of a recent wedding. The participants reviewed the broadcast, with the President expressing particular satisfaction regarding the production quality and timing of the footage. Nixon concluded the brief meeting by requesting that the segment be replayed for an additional thirty minutes.

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That was beautiful, son.
I saw that so many times.
That timing was perfect.
I want to remember that face.
Yes, Mr.
What if I put it on for about 30 minutes?
Thank you.

NARA Description

On June 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and James D. Hodgson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:30 pm to 4:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 519-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 519-13

Date: June 14, 1971
Time: 4:30 pm - 4:34 pm
Location: Oval Office

Stephen B. Bull met with Alexander P. Butterfield and James D. Hodgson

     President’s schedule

     Wedding
         -Television coverage

The President entered at an unknown time after 4:30 pm

     President’s schedule

The President, et al. left at 4:34 pm

Also recorded on June 14, 1971

  • 519-010 3:01 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:02 pm.
  • 519-011 3:02 PM · 1 hr 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Arthur F. Burns, Manolo Sanchez, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:02 pm to 3:29 pm.
  • 519-012 3:29 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:29 pm and 4:30 pm.
  • 005-065 4:33 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 4:33 pm to 4:34 pm.
  • 005-066 4:34 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 6:46 pm.
  • 519-016 4:34 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 6:46 pm.
  • 519-014 5:30 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Leslie C. Arends, Gerald R. Ford, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:30 pm to 6:10 pm.
  • 519-015 6:10 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, [David] Kenneth Rush, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:10 pm to 6:45 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 519-013, June 14, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/519-013 (accessed October 12, 2026).