Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 299 › Conversation 299-018
Nixon, Haldeman & Bull on Melvin R. Laird and William P. Rogers
Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 3:16 PM–3:25 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 38 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with H. R. Haldeman and Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his upcoming daily schedule and ensure appropriate preparations for several high-level meetings. The discussion focused on logistics for appointments with Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird, including a press photograph, as well as sessions involving Secretary of State William P. Rogers and national security advisors Henry Kissinger and Alexander Haig. This briefing served to organize the administrative flow and personnel attendance for these key executive engagements.
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NARA Description
On November 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 299-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 299-18
Date: November 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:16 pm and 3:25 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Stephen B. Bull and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
The President's schedule
-Melvin R. Laird
-Press photograph
-William P. Rogers
-Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Haldeman
Bull and Haldeman left at an unknown time before 3:25 pm.Also recorded on November 10, 1971
- 014-017 2:51 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Barry M. Goldwater talked on the telephone from 2:51 pm to 2:54 pm.
- 014-018 2:54 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:54 pm and 3:09 pm.
- 014-019 3:09 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Richard J. Daley talked on the telephone from 3:09 pm to 3:10 pm.
- 299-016 3:10 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:16 pm.
- 014-020 3:16 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:16 pm.
- 014-021 3:16 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:25 pm.
- 299-017 3:16 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:16 pm.
- 299-019 3:16 PM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Melvin R. Laird, White House operator, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 4:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 299-018, 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/299-018 (accessed September 30, 2026).