Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 449 › Conversation 449-010
Nixon & Bull on Kenneth E. BeLieu and Personnel management
Tuesday, September 21, 1971 · 12:23 PM–12:25 PM ET · Oval Office ·14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate scheduling and personal arrangements for Kenneth E. BeLieu. The discussion focused on BeLieu's upcoming work assignment and the logistical considerations involving his family. The brief meeting concluded with the President emphasizing the need for these arrangements to be finalized.
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NARA Description
On September 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 12:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 449-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 449-10
Date: September 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:23 pm and 12:25 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Kenneth E. BeLieu
-BeLieu's family
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:25 pm.Also recorded on September 21, 1971
- 449-005 11:33 AM · 5 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:33 am and 11:38 am.
- 449-006 11:38 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:38 am to 11:40 am.
- 449-007 11:40 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:40 am and 11:48 am.
- 449-008 11:48 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Paul G. Hoffman, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:48 am to 12:14 pm.
- 449-009 12:14 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 12:17 pm.
- 076-007 12:17 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the International Seminar on Illicit Drug Traffic and Abuse, including Andrew C. Tartaglino, George Belk, Walter H. Buck, John W. Warner, Perry A. Rivkind, Dr. Edwin Rock, Dr. Ernst Hoffman, Andre Thirty, Leon François, Gordon Tomalty, Reginald Pruneau, José Nieto; Esbjorn Esbjornsson, Jean Benoit, S. T. Charles, W. Rogers, H. B. Spear, Alex Hasland, Jean Ducet, Honore Gevaudan, Jacques Reillac, Michel Noquet, Dr. Karl Heinz Gemmer, Jurgen Jeschke, Manlio Vinale, Antonio Fariello, Hicham Kourayten, Antoine Saade, Numa Wagner, Sten Grindhaug, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Walter Minnick, and Geoffrey C. Shepard, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:23 pm.
- 449-011 12:25 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Kenneth E. BeLieu, William E. Timmons, White House photographer, and Clark MacGregor met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 12:34 pm.
- 449-012 12:35 PM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 1:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 449-010, September 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/449-010 (accessed September 18, 2026).