Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 616 › Conversation 616-004

Nixon & Bull on Richard Wilson and Media relations

Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 12:56 PM–1:00 PM ET · Oval Office · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation616-004 on Tape 616 (tape position 00:12:17–00:12:59)StartWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 12:56 PMEndWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 1:00 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 616-004 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179661 ↗

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NARA Description

On November 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 616-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 616-4

Date: November 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:56 pm and 1:00 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Richard Wilson

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm.

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I want to see Wilson alone, but all people like the rest of the people are at the same time.
So how long do we have to wait for that?
We have to wait a half hour.
That's all he wants.
That's what I, that's what he, what he wants.

Also recorded on November 10, 1971

  • 616-001 12:45 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Pat Boone, Shirley Boone, Jack Spina, Patrick H. Price, and Henry C. Cashen, II met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:45 pm to 12:56 pm.
  • 616-002 12:56 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 616-003 12:56 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 616-005 12:56 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 616-006 12:56 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 616-007 1:00 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 1:20 pm.
  • 014-009 1:20 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.
  • 299-001 1:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 616-004, November 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179661). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/616-004 (accessed November 11, 2026).