Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 520 › Conversation 520-001

Nixon, Butterfield & Bull on Kenneth B. Keating and Arthur K. Watson

Tuesday, June 15, 1971 · 7:56 AM–7:59 AM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.Conversation520-001 on Tape 520 (tape position 00:01:50–00:03:13)StartTuesday, June 15, 1971 at 7:56 AMEndTuesday, June 15, 1971 at 7:59 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 520-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to coordinate his daily schedule. The primary focus of the discussion involved administrative planning for upcoming meetings with Kenneth B. Keating and Arthur K. Watson. The brief interaction served as a routine logistical briefing to manage the President’s agenda for the day.

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NARA Description

On June 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:56 am to 7:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 520-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 520-001

Date: June 15, 1971
Time: 7:56 am - 7:59 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield

     President’s schedule
           -Forthcoming meeting with Kenneth B. Keating
           -Forthcoming meeting with Arthur K. Watson

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 7:59 am

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 7:56 am

     President’s schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 7:59 am

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  • 520-011 7:59 AM · 40 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:59 am and 9:48 am.
  • 520-002 9:48 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:48 am and 9:56 am.
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  • 520-003 9:56 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, William N. Brown, H. Jackson Pontius, Fred C. Tucker, Jr., Donald I. Hovde, John C. Williamson, George W. Romney, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry C. Cashen, II, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:56 am to 10:37 am.
  • 520-004 10:39 AM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:39 am to 10:59 am.
  • 520-005 10:59 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:02 am.
  • 520-006 11:02 AM · 1 hr 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Willy Brandt, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, Henry A. Kissinger, Egon Bahr, Rolf Pauls, Conrad Ahlers, Hermann Kusterer, Wolf-Dietrich Schilling, and Harry Obst met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:02 am to 12:34 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 520-001, June 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/520-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).