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Nixon & Bull on CENTO and Foreign Policy

Wednesday, March 10, 1971 · 1:40 PM–1:53 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation465-012 on Tape 465 (tape position 03:43:38–03:45:33)StartWednesday, March 10, 1971 at 1:40 PMEndWednesday, March 10, 1971 at 1:53 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 465-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to clarify the identity of the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) Secretary General. The President required this specific information to properly address a piece of correspondence he was drafting. This brief administrative interaction concluded after Bull provided the necessary identification to assist with the official letter.

CENTO
Diplomatic Correspondence
White House Administration
Foreign Policy

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NARA Description

On March 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 1:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 465-012 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 465-12

Date: March 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 1:53 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull

     A letter
           -Name of Central Treaty Organization [CENTO] Secretary General

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:53 pm

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He never opened his gap.

The patient never put him in a job to sacrifice him.

I have taken the heart.

That's the one that has the heart line on it.

I won't give it one inch.

as well as the little flowers.

Sure.

What is the name of the secretary-general sent to whom you put a piece of paper?

I've got to put it in this letter.

This is the guy we had a talk with at the church.

Also recorded on March 10, 1971

465-006 10:13 AM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter M. Flanigan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:13 am to 10:23 am.
465-007 10:23 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:23 am and 10:42 am.
465-008 10:42 AM · 2 hr 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Noel C. Koch, Alexander P. Butterfield, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:42 am to 1:15 pm.
465-009 1:15 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:37 pm.
465-010 1:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:37 pm.
465-011 1:37 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:37 pm to 1:40 pm.
465-013 1:40 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 1:53 pm.
465-014 1:40 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 1:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 465-012, March 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/465-012 (accessed November 2, 2026).