Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 299 › Conversation 299-007

Nixon & Bull on Henry Kissinger and William P. Rogers

Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 2:28 PM–2:34 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation299-007 on Tape 299 (tape position 00:12:27–00:13:48)StartWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 2:28 PMEndWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 2:34 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 299-007 ↗

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his daily schedule and manage pending telephone communications. The discussion focused on arranging calls with Henry Kissinger, Charles Colson, and other administration officials, while also finalizing plans for upcoming meetings with figures such as Melvin Laird, William Rogers, and Senator Carl Curtis. The President provided specific instructions regarding the sequence of these engagements and the logistical coordination required for his personal office affairs.

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I'll call you back in a couple of minutes.
Okay, bye.
Yeah, well, just wait.
I'll call.
Have him call when he comes back.
I've got something.
I've got a call coming in from Kolar.
I've got to take care of it for a minute.
And I will see Blair here, and I will see Rogers here.
And, uh...
I have, uh...
I have, uh...
and then I'll see Curtis over there and Wilson I saw Wilson here last night so I'll see him over there and Wilson alone I'll call him he can call me but uh
Just see if you can come over by quarter to quarter to half.
Coast, please.
Yeah.

On November 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 299-007 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 299-7

Date: November 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Phone calls
                -Henry A. Kissinger
                      -Schedule
                           -Trip to West Germany
                -Charles W. Colson
          -Melvin R. Laird
          -William P. Rogers

                -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                      -The President’s trip to Chicago
          -Carl T. Curtis
          -Richard Wilson
          -Kissinger
                -Call

Bull left at an unknown time before 2:34 pm.
  • 014-012 2:27 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:27 pm to 2:28 pm.
  • 299-006 2:27 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:27 pm to 2:28 pm.
  • 014-013 2:28 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm.
  • 299-008 2:28 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm.
  • 014-014 2:34 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:34 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 299-009 2:34 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:34 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 014-015 2:45 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:50 pm.
  • 299-010 2:45 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:50 pm.

Conversation 299-007, November 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/299-007 (accessed September 30, 2026).