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Nixon & Bull on White House protocol and Congressional relations

Friday, July 2, 1971 · 11:41 AM–11:43 AM ET · Oval Office · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation535-012 on Tape 535 (tape position 02:40:28–02:41:14)StartFriday, July 2, 1971 at 11:41 AMEndFriday, July 2, 1971 at 11:43 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 535-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to finalize the logistics for an upcoming Congressional event scheduled in the Oval Office. They reviewed the sequence of attendees for a meet-and-greet session and coordinated the necessary protocol for the presentation of presidential gifts. The discussion served to refine the operational flow of the meeting to ensure a smooth interaction with stakeholders.

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Okay, all right, so now we go to the depression down there.
Right.
And we'll just shake hands with this first group of stakeholders.
And they had this order already, sir.
Yeah.
We've got to give that a hand.
We need a couple of swaps, sir.
Okay, thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On July 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:41 am and 11:43 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 535-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 535-12

Date: July 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:41 am and 11:43 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Congressional Half Hour
               -Presidential gifts

Bull left at 11:43 am

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  • 535-007 11:29 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert G. Houdek, Robert G. Houdek, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:29 am to 11:32 am.
  • 535-008 11:32 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:32 am.
  • 535-009 11:32 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Lane Dwinell, Elizabeth (Cushman) Dwinell, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:32 am to 11:36 am.
  • 535-010 11:36 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield [?], Eleuterio Mendozo, Mrs. Eleuterio Mendozo, Elizabeth Mendozo, and James D. ("Don") Hughes met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:36 am to 11:39 am.
  • 535-011 11:39 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert J. Newbrand, Mrs. Robert J. Newbrand, Janice Newbrand, Patricia Newbrand, Michael Newbrand, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:39 am to 11:41 am.
  • 535-013 11:43 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Wimer D. Mizell, Eddie Bane, Larry Calufetti, Benny Castillo, Bob Ellenberger, John Caneira, Nell Ellenberger, Ron Fraser, Doug Gerlach, Marty Harrington, Peter Helt, Tony Hewitt, Cliff Holland, Fred Lynn, Bill McClain, Roger McGill, Fred Mims, Paul Patterson, Jeff Port, Ken Reed, Jay Smith, Jack Smitheran, Tim Steele, Jackson Todd, Al Torregano, Bobby Winkles, and Elinor Winkles met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 11:52 am.
  • 535-014 11:54 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Roman C. Pucinski, Orlando Rivera, and Arthur Fagan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:54 am to 11:57 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 535-012, July 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/535-012 (accessed October 13, 2026).