Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 560 › Conversation 560-002
Nixon & Bull on Billy Graham and White House logistics
Tuesday, August 10, 1971 · 5:19 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate logistical details and discuss the agenda for an upcoming meeting with Billy Graham. The discussion focused on finalizing scheduling arrangements and defining the scope of the conversation intended for the evangelist. No formal policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative planning session.
Audio
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NARA Description
On August 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and 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 560-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 560-2
Date: August 10, 1971
Time: 5:19 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President's schedule
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Forthcoming meeting
-Talk
Bull left at 5:19 pm.Also recorded on August 10, 1971
- 559-022 3:19 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:19 pm and 3:21 pm.
- 559-023 3:21 PM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thomas R. Shepard, Jr., H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:21 pm to 4:14 pm.
- 560-001 4:14 PM · 1 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Paul W. McCracken, Herbert Stein, Stephen B. Bull, George P. Shultz, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:14 pm to 5:19 pm.
- 560-003 5:20 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Harry S. Dent, William F. ("Billy") Graham, Roy Gustafson, Arthur Smith, Fred Rhodes, Paul Harvey, David McConnell, Nelson Bell, George Rideout, Porter Routh, Tom Phillips, Robert Van Kampen, Charles Crutchfield, Bill Mead, Ben Hayden, Ed Johnson, Stan Mooneyham, Tom Lake, Alan Bell, W. A. Criswell, Theodore Epp, Pat Zondervan, Alan Emory, Bill Walton, Maxy Jarman, Bill Bright, Robert Denny, James Jeffrey, T. W. Wilson, Harold Lindsell, Don Gaeblein, White House photographer, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:20 pm to 5:45 pm.
- 560-004 5:45 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Peter M. Flanigan, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:45 pm to 6:00 pm.
- 560-005 6:00 PM · 1 min — Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:00 pm to 6:01 pm.
- 560-006 6:01 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:01 pm to 6:14 pm.
- 560-007 6:14 PM · 39 sec — Unknown person(s) [likely custodial staff] met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 6:14 pm on August 10, 1971 and 8:53 am on August 11, 1971.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 560-002, August 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/560-002 (accessed October 9, 2026).