Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 517 › Conversation 517-021

Nixon & Bull on Henry Kissinger

Friday, June 11, 1971 · 2:38 PM–2:40 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation517-021 on Tape 517 (tape position 04:11:25–04:11:45)StartFriday, June 11, 1971 at 2:38 PMEndFriday, June 11, 1971 at 2:40 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 517-021 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417177881 ↗

A 13-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On June 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 2:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 517-021 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 517-021

Date: June 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:38 pm and 2:40 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull

     Request for Henry A. Kissinger

Bull left at unknown time before 2:40 pm

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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  • 517-020 2:05 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:05 pm to 2:38 pm.
  • 517-022 2:40 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:40 pm to 2:57 pm.
  • 517-023 2:58 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:58 pm to 3:04 pm.
  • 517-024 3:04 PM · 19 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 517-025 3:11 PM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, and Elliot L. Richardson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:11 pm to 4:11 pm.

Conversation 517-021, June 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417177881). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/517-021 (accessed November 2, 2026).