Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 300 › Conversation 300-018
Nixon & Buchanan on Henry Kissinger and Stephen B. Bull
Tuesday, November 9, 1971 · 8:45 AM–9:45 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to discuss scheduling priorities for the executive office. The primary focus of the brief consultation was arranging upcoming meetings, specifically regarding Henry A. Kissinger’s travel itinerary. No major policy decisions were reached during this administrative briefing.
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NARA Description
On November 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Shelley A. (Scarney) Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:45 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 300-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 300-018
Date: November 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:45 am and 9:45 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Trip
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:45 am.Also recorded on November 9, 1971
- 300-019 8:45 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:45 am.
- 300-020 8:45 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:45 am.
- 300-021 8:45 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:45 am.
- 300-022 8:45 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:45 am.
- 300-023 9:45 AM · 1 hr 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:45 am to 11:00 am.
- 014-001 10:27 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 10:27 am to 10:28 am.
- 300-024 11:05 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:05 am to 11:07 am.
- 014-002 11:07 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:07 am and 11:57 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 300-018, November 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/300-018 (accessed September 30, 2026).