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Nixon & Bull

Wednesday, March 10, 1971 · 9:57 AM–10:06 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation682-001 on Tape 682 (tape position 00:02:08–00:07:42)StartWednesday, March 10, 1971 at 9:57 AMEndWednesday, March 10, 1971 at 10:06 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 682-001 ↗

President Nixon met with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, in the Oval Office to coordinate administrative matters and review the President's daily schedule. This brief meeting served to facilitate executive time management and ensure the alignment of Nixon's upcoming appointments. No further actions or policy decisions were documented during this exchange.

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 00:02:08 to 00:07:42 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

On March 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:57 am and 10:06 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 682-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 682-1

Date: March 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:57 am and 10:06 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President’s schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:06 am.

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

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Conversation 682-001, March 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/682-001 (accessed November 1, 2026).