Nixon White House TapesTape 546 › Conversation 546-003

Bull on Clark MacGregor and Mansfield Amendment

Monday, July 26, 1971 · 5:19 PM ET · Oval Office ·11 sec

ParticipantsBull, Stephen B.Conversation546-003 onTape 546 (tape position 00:56:31–00:57:47)StartMonday, July 26, 1971 at 5:19 PMEndMonday, July 26, 1971 at 5:19 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 546-003 ↗

President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his upcoming schedule and address administrative priorities. The discussion focused primarily on a meeting request from Clark MacGregor, specifically regarding strategy surrounding the Mansfield Amendment. This brief interaction served to manage the President's calendar in light of pressing legislative concerns.

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On July 26, 1971, Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 546-003 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 546-3

Date: July 26, 1971
Time: 5:19 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Clark MacGregor's meeting request
               -The Mansfield Amendment

Bull left at 5:19 pm.
  • 007-001 3:07 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:07 pm and 7:37 pm.
  • 546-001 4:20 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:20 pm to 4:32 pm.
  • 546-002 4:32 PM · 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter G. Peterson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:32 pm to 5:19 pm.
  • 546-004 5:20 PM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Clark MacGregor, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:20 pm to 6:12 pm.
  • 546-005 6:12 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:12 pm and 6:40 pm.
  • 007-002 7:37 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 7:37 pm to 7:41 pm.
  • 007-003 7:41 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:41 pm and 7:49 pm.
  • 007-004 7:49 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:49 pm to 8:01 pm.

Conversation 546-003, July 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/546-003 (accessed September 18, 2026).