Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 451 › Conversation 451-022

Nixon & Bull on Henry A. Kissinger and Staff Coordination

Thursday, February 18, 1971 · 5:14 PM–5:25 PM ET · Oval Office ·35 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation451-022 onTape 451 (tape position 04:35:14–04:36:26)StartThursday, February 18, 1971 at 5:14 PMEndThursday, February 18, 1971 at 5:25 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 451-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to conduct a brief review of the President's upcoming schedule. The primary focus of the discussion concerned arrangements for a meeting with National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. The encounter concluded shortly after this coordination, facilitating the President's subsequent departure from the Oval Office.

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NARA Description

On February 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 5:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 451-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 451-22

Date: February 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:14 pm and 5:25 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull

     Schedule
          -Henry A. Kissinger

The President and Bull left at 5:25 pm

Also recorded on February 18, 1971

  • 451-016 3:40 PM · 20 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:40 pm and 3:52 pm.
  • 451-017 3:40 PM · 37 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:40 pm and 3:52 pm.
  • 451-018 3:52 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mark I. Goode met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:52 pm to 3:55 pm.
  • 451-019 3:55 PM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:55 pm to 4:52 pm.
  • 451-020 5:10 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:10 pm to 5:14 pm.
  • 451-021 5:14 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 5:25 pm.
  • 451-023 6:16 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:16 pm to 6:37 pm.
  • 451-024 6:40 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:40 pm to 7:27 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 451-022, February 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/451-022 (accessed September 18, 2026).