Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 624 › Conversation 624-016

Nixon & Bull on John B. Connally and White House scheduling

Wednesday, November 24, 1971 · 11:44 AM–11:46 AM ET · Oval Office · 36 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation624-016 on Tape 624 (tape position 03:13:49–03:14:31)StartWednesday, November 24, 1971 at 11:44 AMEndWednesday, November 24, 1971 at 11:46 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 624-016 ↗

President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the scheduling of Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. The discussion served as a brief administrative precursor to a follow-up meeting with the Secretary. An unidentified participant joined the conversation briefly before the group departed the Oval Office.

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Mr. President, Secretary of County will be returning in a few seconds.
I'll ask him to come in.
You know, there's a big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big.

On November 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 11:46 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 624-016 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 624-016

Date: November 24, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:44 am and 11:46 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     John B. Connally's schedule

     [Unintelligible]

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 11:44 am.

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       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/11/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[624-016-w001]
[Duration: 18s]

     Request
         -Coffee

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Bull and the unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:46 am.
  • 015-135 11:43 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 11:43 am to 11:44 am.
  • 624-015 11:43 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 11:44 am.
  • 015-136 11:44 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 11:46 am.
  • 624-017 11:44 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 11:46 am.
  • 624-018 11:44 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 11:46 am.
  • 624-019 11:44 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 11:46 am.
  • 015-137 11:46 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:46 am.
  • 624-020 11:46 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Arthur F. Burns, White House photographer, White House operator, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:46 am to 12:27 pm.

Conversation 624-016, November 24, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/624-016 (accessed October 16, 2026).