Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 16 › Conversation 016-078

Nixon phone call with Bull on Presidential gifts and White House logistics

Friday, December 10, 1971 · 12:14 PM–12:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation016-078 on Tape 16 (tape position 03:00:38–03:00:50)StartFriday, December 10, 1971 at 12:14 PMEndFriday, December 10, 1971 at 12:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 016-078 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to provide presidential gifts, specifically cufflinks and pens, to unidentified guests. This brief administrative instruction ensured that appropriate tokens of appreciation were distributed from the existing White House inventory. Bull acknowledged the request and confirmed that the staff would handle the arrangements.

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Yeah.
Yes, sir, Steve.
Why don't you give those people cut links and other bullpens.
All right, sir.
We have them out anyway.
We'll take care of them.
All good.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 12:14 pm to 12:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-078 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 16-78

Date: December 10, 1971
Time: 12:14 pm - 12:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 635-12A]

     Gifts for guests
           -Cufflinks

Also recorded on December 10, 1971

  • 635-012 12:03 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John H. Chafee, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., Gen. John D. Ryan, Gen. William Westmoreland, Gen. Leonard F. Chapman, Mrs. Leonard F. Chapman, R. D. Crutcher, SGM Joseph Dailey, John W. Warner, Lt. Gen. Lewis J. Fields, Mrs. Lewis J. Fields, Gen. Raymond G. Davis, Mrs. Raymond G. Davis, Gen. William J. VanRyzin, Gen. John Chaisson, Mrs. John Chaisson, Debbie Terry, Richard Schultz, Col. Gerald Thomas, C. J. Wages, Joseph Felter, GySgt. William Weigh, George P. Shultz, Vernon C. Coffey, Jr., and James D. ("Don") Hughes met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:03 pm to 12:15 pm.
  • 637-014 12:04 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:04 pm to 12:06 pm.
  • 637-015 12:06 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:22 pm.
  • 637-016 12:06 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:22 pm.
  • 635-013 12:15 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:19 pm.
  • 635-014 12:15 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:19 pm.
  • 635-015 12:19 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, David Packard, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:19 pm to 12:36 pm.
  • 637-017 12:22 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:22 pm to 12:26 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 016-078, December 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/016-078 (accessed September 18, 2026).