Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 551 › Conversation 551-009
Nixon & Bull on White House staff and John D. Ehrlichman
Thursday, July 29, 1971 · 12:33 PM ET · Oval Office ·37 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and refine the President's daily schedule. The discussion focused on coordinating upcoming appointments with key staff members, including John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, and Martin Anderson. The interaction served as a logistical planning session to finalize the attendance and sequencing of these internal briefings.
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NARA Description
On July 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 551-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 551-9
Date: July 29, 1971
Time: 12:33 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Schedule
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Martin C. (“Marty”) Anderson
-Ehrlichman
-L. Edwin Coate
-John C. Whitaker
-George P. Shultz
-Coate
-Whitaker
-Anderson
Bull left.Also recorded on July 29, 1971
- 551-005 11:48 AM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:48 am and 11:50 am.
- 551-006 11:50 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Agha Hilaly, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:50 am to 12:20 pm.
- 551-007 12:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:24 pm.
- 551-008 12:24 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Harold Williams, Rhoda Gill, Terry Pendleton, Dale Perrymore, Nora Bennett, Vickie Page, Timothy Renberg, Jerry Gilley, Deborah Wade, Jerry Gremillian, Jo Ann Cullen, Frances Rock, Henry C. Cashen, II, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:24 pm to 12:33 pm.
- 551-010 12:34 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, L. Edwin Coate, White House photographer, Stephen B. Bull, and Martin C. ("Marty") Anderson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:34 pm to 1:00 pm.
- 551-011 1:01 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:01 pm to 1:48 pm.
- 551-012 1:48 PM · 56 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 1:50 pm.
- 007-026 1:50 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 6:32 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 551-009, July 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/551-009 (accessed September 18, 2026).