Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 560 › Conversation 560-005
Bull & Butterfield on Administrative logistics
Tuesday, August 10, 1971 · 6:00 PM–6:01 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield met briefly in the Oval Office to confirm the President's current location. The discussion served as a routine administrative check-in regarding the President's movements. No further substantive policy matters were addressed during this one-minute exchange.
Audio
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NARA Description
On August 10, 1971, Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:00 pm to 6:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 560-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 560-5
Date: August 10, 1971
Time: 6:00-6:01 pm
Location: Oval Office
Stephen B. Bull met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
Unknown aide
President's location
Bull and Butterfield left at 6:01 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.
- 560-002 5:19 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 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.
- 560-006 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 560-005, 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/560-005 (accessed October 9, 2026).