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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Shelley A. (Scarney)Conversation300-018 on Tape 300 (tape position 00:35:12–00:35:41)StartTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 8:45 AMEndTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 9:45 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 300-018 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417185067 ↗

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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.

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  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 300-018, November 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417185067). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/300-018 (accessed November 14, 2026).