Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 601 › Conversation 601-003
Nixon & Bull on US Foreign Policy and USSR
Saturday, October 23, 1971 · 8:30 AM–8:52 AM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
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President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the distribution of materials he had recently dictated regarding his upcoming diplomatic trips to the USSR and the People's Republic of China. The conversation focused on the dissemination of these documents, which framed the administration's stance on the ideological differences between the United States and these communist powers. Nixon instructed Bull on the specific circulation of these records, including copies for his personal use and family members.
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NARA Description
On October 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 601-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 601-3
Date: October 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:30 am and 8:52 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
US foreign policy speech
-The President's trips to Moscow and Peking
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR], People's Republic of China
[PRC]
Distribution of copies of the material the President had just dictated
Bull left at an unknown time before 8:52 am.Also recorded on October 23, 1971
- 012-099 8:30 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 9:44 am.
- 601-002 8:30 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:52 am.
- 601-004 8:30 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:52 am.
- 601-005 8:30 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:52 am.
- 601-006 9:18 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:35 am.
- 601-007 9:36 AM · 1 hr 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, Charles W. Sandman, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), Warren E. Hearnes, Marvin Mandel, Dale Bumpers, William G. Milliken, Stanley K. Hathaway, David Hall, Cyril Brickfield, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:36 am to 11:09 am.
- 012-100 9:44 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Sandman, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:44 am to 9:45 am.
- 012-101 9:45 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 11:18 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 601-003, October 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/601-003 (accessed October 12, 2026).