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Bull on Oval Office and Administrative logistics

Wednesday, September 29, 1971 · 11:15 AM–11:54 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsBull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation580-007 on Tape 580 (tape position 01:10:55–01:11:21)StartWednesday, September 29, 1971 at 11:15 AMEndWednesday, September 29, 1971 at 11:54 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 580-007 ↗

Stephen B. Bull met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to discuss administrative or logistical matters. Due to the lack of a transcript and the brevity of the recorded audio, the specific substance of their exchange remains unidentifiable. No major policy decisions or significant developments were documented during this brief encounter.

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 01:10:55 into the tape and ends around 01:11:21.

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

On September 29, 1971, Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:54 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 580-007 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 580-7

Date: September 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:15 am and 11:54 am
Location: Oval Office

Stephen B. Bull met with an unknown person.

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Bull and the unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:54 am
  • 580-005 10:33 AM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, John B. Connally, Arthur F. Burns, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:33 am to 11:15 am.
  • 580-006 11:15 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:54 am.
  • 580-008 11:15 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:54 am.
  • 580-009 11:15 AM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:54 am.
  • 580-010 11:54 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:54 am.
  • 580-011 11:54 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:58 am.
  • 580-013 11:55 AM · 1 hr 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 1:08 pm.
  • 010-028 11:58 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:58 am.

Conversation 580-007, September 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/580-007 (accessed October 2, 2026).