Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 531 › Conversation 531-021

Nixon & Bull on White House administration and Staff management

Monday, June 28, 1971 · 6:46 PM ET · Oval Office · 3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation531-021 on Tape 531 (tape position 01:42:01–01:42:35)StartMonday, June 28, 1971 at 6:46 PMEndMonday, June 28, 1971 at 6:46 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 531-021 ↗

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to discuss administrative matters regarding the scheduling of writers. The meeting was brief, lasting less than a minute, and concluded with the arrival of an unidentified individual. No major policy decisions were recorded during this interaction before Bull's departure.

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On June 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 531-021 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 531-21

Date: June 28, 1971
Time: 6:46 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     Arrival of unknown person

Bull left at 6:46 pm.
  • 006-008 6:45 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 6:47 pm.
  • 531-020 6:45 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 6:47 pm.
  • 006-009 6:47 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 6:47 pm to 6:50 pm.
  • 531-022 6:47 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:47 pm.
  • 531-023 6:47 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:47 pm to 6:50 pm.
  • 531-024 6:50 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Alexander P. Butterfield, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Rex W. Scouten met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:50 pm to 7:25 pm.
  • 006-010 7:08 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:08 pm and 7:12 pm.
  • 006-011 7:12 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rex W. Scouten talked on the telephone from 7:12 pm to 7:13 pm.

Conversation 531-021, June 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/531-021 (accessed October 5, 2026).