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Nixon & Bull on John N. Mitchell and H.R. Haldeman

Tuesday, June 22, 1971 · 5:06 PM–5:09 PM ET · Oval Office · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation527-010 on Tape 527 (tape position 03:09:28–03:10:52)StartTuesday, June 22, 1971 at 5:06 PMEndTuesday, June 22, 1971 at 5:09 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 527-010 ↗

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull briefly conferred in the Oval Office to coordinate the President's upcoming meeting with Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The discussion focused on logistics, specifically determining which staff members, including H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman, should be present for the session. Nixon ultimately decided to admit the Attorney General to initiate the scheduled deliberations.

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Mr. President, the Attorney General is here.
Would you like to call him in, or early him in, or anyone else to sit in on this matter?
Early him in?
No.
Yes, sir.
All right.
Are you ready, or shall I leave him?
What?
Yes, we can let him in.
We can let him in.
No.

On June 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 5:09 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 527-010 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 527-10

Date: June 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:06 pm and 5:09 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     President's schedule
           -Meeting with John N. Mitchell
                 -Attendance
                      -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                      -John D. Ehrlichman

Bull left at an unknown time before 5:09 pm.
  • 527-004 1:50 PM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Melvin R. Laird met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:50 pm to 3:07 pm.
  • 527-005 3:07 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:07 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 527-006 3:07 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:07 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 527-007 3:07 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:07 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 527-008 3:11 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Frank J. Shakespeare, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 3:41 pm.
  • 527-009 3:42 PM · 1 hr 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, Linwood Holton, Louie B. Nunn, Edwin L. Harper, Alexander P. Butterfield, Henry A. Kissinger, and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:42 pm to 5:06 pm.
  • 527-012 5:09 PM · 1 hr 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:09 pm to 6:46 pm.
  • 527-017 6:46 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:46 pm and 10:43 pm.

Conversation 527-010, June 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/527-010 (accessed October 22, 2026).