Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 523 › Conversation 523-003
Nixon & Bull on Henry Kissinger and White House logistics
Wednesday, June 16, 1971 · 3:41 PM–3:43 PM ET · Oval Office · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate logistics regarding the return of National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. The brief discussion centered on managing Kissinger's arrival schedule and related administrative arrangements. No further policy developments were recorded during this short encounter.
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NARA Description
On June 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:43 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 523-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 523-003
Date: June 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:41 pm and 3:43 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Return of Henry A. Kissinger
Bull left at an unknown time before 3:43 pm.Also recorded on June 16, 1971
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- 523-001 2:15 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:15 pm and 2:58 pm.
- 523-002 2:58 PM · 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Swaran Singh, Lakshmi Kant Jha, Kenneth B. Keating, Joseph J. Sisco, White House photographer, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:58 pm to 3:41 pm.
- 523-004 3:41 PM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, Charles Bluhdorn, John D. Ehrlichman, and Peter G. Peterson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 4:30 pm.
- 523-008 4:29 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:29 pm to 4:30 pm.
- 523-005 4:30 PM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, John M. O'Neill, Melvin Stephens, Charles W. Colson, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, unknown person(s), and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:30 pm to 5:15 pm.
- 005-094 5:10 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:10 pm to 5:11 pm.
- 523-006 5:16 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, Lawrence M. Higby, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:16 pm to 6:05 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 523-003, June 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/523-003 (accessed October 22, 2026).