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Nixon & Bull on Telephone calls

Saturday, October 23, 1971 · 11:09 AM–11:14 AM ET · Oval Office · 43 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation601-009 on Tape 601 (tape position 02:16:04–02:17:13)StartSaturday, October 23, 1971 at 11:09 AMEndSaturday, October 23, 1971 at 11:14 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 601-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull meet to coordinate logistics for a series of upcoming telephone calls. The discussion focuses on the estimated time required to complete these communications, with the participants evaluating scheduling projections. They conclude that the process will likely take approximately twenty minutes per call.

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If you sit here, there's a bed.
I'm just trying to think.
I'm just trying to think.
Do you have any sense of the person you'd like to be related to?
Well, it depends on your cause.
Of course.
I think we've got to find out.
We've got to be true.
Well, look.
So what do you see?
Approximately half off, I would say.
It'll take, I think it'll take that long to get the calls through, I think.
It'll take us, you know, about 20 minutes to 19 minutes.
Right.
Yes, a year, probably, isn't it?
Yeah.
Well, that depends.
If they get them through, there's no problem with that.
It's just going to be true, I would say.

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 11:09 am and 11:14 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 601-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 601-9

Date: October 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:09 am and 11:14 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     Seating arrangement
          -Interpreter

     Telephone calls

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:14 am.

Also recorded on October 23, 1971

  • 601-008 11:09 AM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:14 am.
  • 601-010 11:09 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:14 am.
  • 601-011 11:09 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:14 am.
  • 601-012 11:14 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Richard A. Moore, Alexander P. Butterfield, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Donald F. Barnes, and Luis Echeverria Alvarez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:14 am to 11:51 am.
  • 012-102 11:18 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 11:18 am to 11:19 am.
  • 012-103 11:19 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Luis Echeverria Alvarez talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:31 am.
  • 012-104 11:43 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:43 am and 11:53 am.
  • 601-013 11:51 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:51 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 601-009, 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/601-009 (accessed October 14, 2026).