Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 547 › Conversation 547-004

Nixon & Bull on Public Relations and Press Photography

Tuesday, July 27, 1971 · 10:35 AM ET · Oval Office ·30 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation547-004 onTape 547 (tape position 01:16:43–01:17:37)StartTuesday, July 27, 1971 at 10:35 AMEndTuesday, July 27, 1971 at 10:35 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 547-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull discussed the selection and scheduling of individuals for an upcoming press photography session. The President prioritized specific representation for the photos, noting recommendations provided by Ronald L. Ziegler and Charles W. Colson. It was decided that these selected individuals would be brought in specifically for the press event.

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and there'll be press photos beginning, uh, very kind of drug-intensive person, maybe one of them is black.
They were both most recommended, maybe part of the press photos, and then those two will be accepted.
Well, they're, they're, you know, uh, they, they were supposed to be here for the press photos, and they, they'll tell you after the press, oh, you got a little later on.

NARA Description

On July 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:35 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 547-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 547-4

Date: July 27, 1971
Time: 10:35 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     Press photograph of meeting
           -Participants
                 -Recommendations
                      -Ronald L. Ziegler, Charles W. Colson

Bull left at 10:35 am.

Also recorded on July 27, 1971

  • 547-001 9:04 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:04 am to 9:05 am.
  • 547-002 9:05 AM · 5 sec — unknown person(s) and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:05 am.
  • 547-003 9:05 AM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, James D. ("Don") Hughes, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 10:35 am.
  • 547-005 10:36 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alfred P. Chamie, Norman Conn, James B. Williams, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:36 am to 11:03 am.
  • 547-006 11:05 AM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Soedjatmoko, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:05 am to 11:32 am.
  • 547-007 11:53 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Mamie G. Eisenhower, John B. Connally, Mary T. Brooks, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:53 am to 12:03 pm.
  • 547-008 12:03 PM · 40 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 12:15 pm.
  • 547-009 12:15 PM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and Peter G. Peterson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 1:09 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 547-004, July 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/547-004 (accessed September 18, 2026).