Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 574 › Conversation 574-001

Nixon & Bull on News summary and Patrick J. Buchanan

Friday, September 17, 1971 · 8:44 AM–9:08 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation574-001 on Tape 574 (tape position 00:01:08–00:10:30)StartFriday, September 17, 1971 at 8:44 AMEndFriday, September 17, 1971 at 9:08 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 574-001 ↗

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to review the daily news summary prepared by Patrick J. Buchanan. The discussion focused on coordinating the President's upcoming schedule and logistics regarding a visit from a new senator. No major policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative briefing.

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1:13Mr. President, the new senator will be over directly with Patrick Adams in the morning.
1:17See you at the court, sir.
1:19Oh, I'm in honor.

On September 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:44 am and 9:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 574-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 574-1

Date: September 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:44 am and 9:08 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     News summary
         -Patrick J. Buchanan
               -Schedule
                     -The President's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:08 am.
  • 574-002 8:44 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:44 am and 9:08 am.
  • 009-057 9:08 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:08 am and 9:17 am.
  • 574-003 9:08 AM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, White House operator, unknown person(s), Robert T. Stafford, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:08 am to 10:03 am.
  • 009-058 9:17 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert T. Stafford talked on the telephone from 9:17 am to 9:18 am.
  • 009-059 9:18 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 10:03 am.
  • 009-060 9:18 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 11:43 am.
  • 574-004 10:04 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles S. Rhyne, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:04 am to 10:26 am.
  • 574-005 10:26 AM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Maurice H. Stans, George P. Shultz, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., White House photographer, Stephen B. Bull, Corneliu Bogdan, Henry A. Kissinger, Manolo Sanchez, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:26 am to 11:29 am.

Conversation 574-001, September 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/574-001 (accessed September 26, 2026).