Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 520 › Conversation 520-012

Nixon & Bull on Congressional leadership and White House logistics

Tuesday, June 15, 1971 · 9:48 AM–9:56 AM ET · Oval Office ·17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation520-012 onTape 520 (tape position 00:03:58–00:04:35)StartTuesday, June 15, 1971 at 9:48 AMEndTuesday, June 15, 1971 at 9:56 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 520-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the scheduling of upcoming meetings with congressional leadership. The discussion focused on logistical planning to ensure the President could consult with these key figures in the immediate future. No major policy decisions were made during this brief session, which served primarily to facilitate the President's administrative calendar.

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I see the leaders in your office before long, Mr.

NARA Description

On June 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:48 am and 9:56 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 520-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 520-12

Date: June 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:48 am and 9:56 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull

     President’s schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:56 am

Also recorded on June 15, 1971

  • 061-004 7:55 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Republican Congressional leaders, including Hugh Scott, Norris Cotton, Peter H. Dominick, Milton R. Young, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, Berber B. Conable, Jr., Richard H. Poff, Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, John J. Rhodes, Robert T. Stafford, H. Allen Smith, Frank T. Bow, Robert J. Dole, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Clark MacGregor, Herbert G. Klein, William E. Timmons, Harry S. Dent, Kenneth E. BeLieu, Richard K. Cook, Patrick J. Buchanan, and Ronald L. Ziegler, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 7:55 am and 11:59 pm.
  • 520-001 7:56 AM · 1 min — 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 520-012, 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/520-012 (accessed September 18, 2026).