Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 540 › Conversation 540-008
Nixon & Bull on John D. Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz
Tuesday, July 20, 1971 · 11:07 AM–11:09 AM ET · Oval Office · 18 sec
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President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull briefly met to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule. The primary focus of the discussion was arranging meetings with John D. Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz. Bull facilitated the planning to ensure these key advisors would be brought to the Oval Office to meet with the President.
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NARA Description
On July 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:07 am and 11:09 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 540-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 540-8
Date: July 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:07 am and 11:09 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Schedule
-John D. Ehrlichman
-George P. Shultz
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:09 am.Also recorded on July 20, 1971
- 540-006 10:29 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:29 am and 11:07 am.
- 540-007 10:29 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Robert J. Dole, William E. Timmons, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:29 am to 11:07 am.
- 540-009 11:09 AM · 2 hr 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Steven Baker, John D. Ehrlichman, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 1:21 pm.
- 540-010 1:21 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:21 pm and 1:25 pm.
- 540-011 1:26 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:26 pm to 1:29 pm.
- 540-012 1:29 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:29 pm and 1:31 pm.
- 263-001 1:31 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:31 pm and 1:58 pm.
- 263-002 1:58 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 3:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 540-008, July 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/540-008 (accessed October 11, 2026).