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Nixon & Bull on Richard A. Moore and Administrative coordination

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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation601-010 on Tape 601 (tape position 02:17:13–02:18:26)StartSaturday, October 23, 1971 at 11:09 AMEndSaturday, October 23, 1971 at 11:14 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 601-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate upcoming appointments and manage his daily schedule. The President specifically requested that Richard A. Moore be brought in for a meeting and inquired about the availability of an attorney named Carlson. The interaction functioned primarily as a brief administrative session to facilitate the President's immediate agenda.

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Uh, would you have Mr. Moore, Dick Moore, come in?
He can come in.
He can sit down.
Attorney Carlson would be around.
Yeah, he should be on the bottom.
I mean, I want to talk about another matter, but he's around, Attorney Carlson.
He's busy, though.

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 601-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 601-10

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

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Richard A. Moore

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.
  • 601-009 11:09 AM · 43 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 601-010, 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/601-010 (accessed October 14, 2026).