Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 574 › Conversation 574-014
Nixon, Bull & Butterfield on John H. Geiger and White House logistics
Friday, September 17, 1971 · 12:49 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aides Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield to finalize the President's daily schedule. The primary focus of the brief discussion was coordinating the logistics for an upcoming meeting with John H. Geiger. Following the review of these administrative arrangements, the aides departed the Oval Office.
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NARA Description
On September 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:49 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 574-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 574-14
Date: September 17, 1971
Time: 12:49 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield.
President’s schedule
-John H. Geiger meeting
Bull and Butterfield left at 12:49 pm.Also recorded on September 17, 1971
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- 574-010 12:01 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:01 pm to 12:05 pm.
- 574-011 12:05 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Aida L. Gonzalez, Edwin R. Luther, Mrs. Edwin R. Luther, Frank K. Baker, Mrs. Albert E. Crowe, Mabel Marrs, Harold Davis, John Meek, Michael Wilson, Henry C. Cashen, II, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:05 pm to 12:14 pm.
- 574-012 12:14 PM · 3 min — Alexander P. Butterfield and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 12:34 pm.
- 574-013 12:34 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ginger Rogers, Alexander P. Butterfield, Manolo Sanchez, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:34 pm to 12:49 pm.
- 574-015 12:50 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John H. Geiger, William F. Hauck, Ralph Bates, Charles W. Colson, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:50 pm to 1:12 pm.
- 575-001 1:13 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, David C. Hoopes, Lorenzo N. Hoopes, White House photographer, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:13 pm to 1:15 pm.
- 575-002 1:17 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:17 pm to 2:32 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 574-014, September 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/574-014 (accessed October 12, 2026).