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Nixon & Bull on Henry Kissinger and Frederic Malek

Friday, February 26, 1971 · 1:18 PM ET · Oval Office · 23 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation460-015 on Tape 460 (tape position 01:00:06–01:00:23)StartFriday, February 26, 1971 at 1:18 PMEndFriday, February 26, 1971 at 1:18 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 460-015 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417176043 ↗

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On February 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 460-015 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 460-15

Date: February 26, 1971
Time: 1:18 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull

     The President’s schedule
          -Frederic V. Malek
          -Henry A. Kissinger

Butterfield left at 1:18 pm

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All right, sir, we're ready to get to all of them.
We got them all down.
All of the exception of one is .
All right, so he's in here now, so we put him in some kind of .
He wants to come back, so he can come back now.
All right, sir.

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  • 460-010 1:00 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, T. Harding Jones, Anthony Radd, Charles Kolb, Jeb Stuart Magruder, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 1:08 pm.
  • 460-011 1:08 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:08 pm.
  • 460-012 1:08 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Cecil W. Stevenson, Frank G. Wood, George T. Bell, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:08 pm to 1:12 pm.
  • 460-013 1:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thomas L. Lias, Harry S. Dent, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:12 pm to 1:14 pm.
  • 460-014 1:14 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Guilford Dudley, Jr., Harry S. Dent, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:14 pm to 1:18 pm.
  • 460-016 1:18 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:18 pm to 1:23 pm.
  • 460-017 1:26 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), and Dwight L. Chapin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:26 pm to 2:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 460-015, February 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417176043). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/460-015 (accessed November 2, 2026).