Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 522 › Conversation 522-009

Nixon, Haldeman & Bull on Public relations and White House tours

Wednesday, June 16, 1971 · 1:09 PM–1:15 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation522-009 on Tape 522 (tape position 03:48:01–03:50:29)StartWednesday, June 16, 1971 at 1:09 PMEndWednesday, June 16, 1971 at 1:15 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 522-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon, H. R. Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull coordinated a surprise appearance by the President to address a group of women touring the White House. The participants discussed the logistics of the 'drop-by' and the content of the remarks Nixon would provide to the group. The meeting concluded with preparations to integrate the unscheduled greeting into the President's ongoing public relations agenda.

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Thomas, I do give it to her after the greeting.
It's part of this talking now.
All right.
The President's Secretary of State speaking in this room.
He's just concluded.
There are thousands of them out there.
Can I say some words to them?
I have a little bit of information I can give on the way over.
They're just about to go on a White House tour, sir.
They probably are.
She's going to have a good touch.
All right.
There are some of us out there.
That's fine.
Don't tell her.
I just did it with my own.
She's not going to hurt us again.
It's a group of women.

NARA Description

On June 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:09 pm and 1:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 522-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 522-009

Date: June 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:09 pm and 1:15 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

     President's schedule
           -Rural Electrification Youth group
                 -Cliff M. Hardin speech

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:09 pm.

            -"Drop by" from President
                 -Information for President's use
                 -Ronald L. Ziegler

The President, Haldeman, and Bull left at 1:15 pm.

Also recorded on June 16, 1971

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  • 522-004 12:26 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ambassador E. Ross Adair, Mrs. E. Ross Adair, and W. Marshall Wright met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:26 pm to 12:37 pm.
  • 522-005 12:38 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Herbert G. Klein, Stanley S. Scott, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:38 pm to 12:46 pm.
  • 522-006 12:46 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, George Tames, Arnold C. Noel, Norman Driscoll, Byron Rollins, Maurice Johnson, Charles Shutt, Barry Stroup, George Gaylin, William Beall, Carl Kramer, James Raney, Charles Woolsey, John McGee, John Arrowsmith, William Galbraith, Lynne Peterson, Allan Smith, Constance ("Connie") Chung, Paul Sisco, Frank E. Cancellare, Henry Griffin, Thomas ("Tom") Craven, Sr., Hugo Johnson, Robert D. Denton, J. Thomas Baltzell, George Dorsey, Joe Roberts, and Andrew J. May met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:46 pm to 12:59 pm.
  • 522-007 12:59 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:59 pm to 1:04 pm.
  • 522-008 1:04 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:04 pm and 1:15 pm.
  • 522-010 1:15 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:27 pm.
  • 522-011 1:27 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:27 pm to 2:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 522-009, June 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/522-009 (accessed October 5, 2026).