Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 523 › Conversation 523-008
Nixon, Bull & Butterfield on White House administration
Wednesday, June 16, 1971 · 4:29 PM–4:30 PM ET · Oval Office · 21 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met briefly with aides Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield to address administrative matters regarding the President’s daily schedule. The participants coordinated the transfer of specific documents or items for the President's review. The meeting concluded quickly as the President and his staff prepared to depart the Oval Office.
- Presidential schedule
- White House administration
- Executive staff coordination
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NARA Description
On June 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:29 pm to 4:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 523-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 523-008
Date: June 16, 1971
Time: 4:29 pm - 4:30 pm
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President’s schedule
The President and Alexander P. Butterfield left before 4:30 pm.
Item for President
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 4:30 pm.Also recorded on June 16, 1971
- 523-001 2:15 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 2:15 pm and 2:58 pm.
- 523-002 2:58 PM · 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Swaran Singh, Lakshmi Kant Jha, Kenneth B. Keating, Joseph J. Sisco, White House photographer, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:58 pm to 3:41 pm.
- 523-003 3:41 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:43 pm.
- 523-004 3:41 PM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, Charles Bluhdorn, John D. Ehrlichman, and Peter G. Peterson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 4:30 pm.
- 523-005 4:30 PM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, John M. O'Neill, Melvin Stephens, Charles W. Colson, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, unknown person(s), and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:30 pm to 5:15 pm.
- 005-094 5:10 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:10 pm to 5:11 pm.
- 523-006 5:16 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, Lawrence M. Higby, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:16 pm to 6:05 pm.
- 523-007 6:05 PM · 2 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on June 16, 1971 and 7:55 am on June 17, 1971.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 523-008, 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/523-008 (accessed October 22, 2026).