Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 596 › Conversation 596-007

Nixon & Bull on United Nations and Vietnam War

Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 12:17 PM–12:18 PM ET · Oval Office · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation596-007 on Tape 596 (tape position 02:09:26–02:10:13)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 12:17 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 12:18 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 596-007 ↗

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On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 596-007 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 596-7

Date: October 19, 1971
Time: 12:17 pm - 12:18 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Forthcoming meeting with National Multiple Sclerosis Society
               -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
               -Press photograph distribution

Bull left at 12:17 pm.

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We announced that this morning with these congressmen.

Oh, you did?

We told them that.

Oh, how did that meeting go?

I think it went very, very well.

Actually, most of them were friendly.

I know the list is solid, guys.

But there were about five or six that had been wavering.

And I think... Well, I came over for that reason.

I thought to lay it to them.

I got into...

I left the implied threat that, look, I'll take responsibility for this, what happens, and it's going to work.

But basically, if Congress undercuts it, it's going to be damn tough.

And it is.

Have you made that point there?

Yes, sir.

Well, the odd part of it was that your speech this morning just, we led right on up to that point, which only really you could say in terms of the broader picture.

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596-005 12:14 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:14 pm to 12:15 pm.
596-006 12:15 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:17 pm.
596-008 12:23 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:23 pm.
596-009 12:23 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:23 pm.
596-023 12:23 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. V. Meares, Sylvia Lawry, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 12:30 pm.
596-010 12:30 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:31 pm.
596-011 12:31 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Ross Tomkins, Charlton (Rink) ("Rink") Reynders, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:31 pm to 12:33 pm.
080-003 12:33 PM · 11 min — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:33 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 596-007, October 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/596-007 (accessed November 12, 2026).