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Nixon & Bull on White House logistics and Administrative policy

Wednesday, October 27, 1971 · 1:32 PM–2:53 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation604-002 onTape 604 (tape position 00:08:37–00:09:27)StartWednesday, October 27, 1971 at 1:32 PMEndWednesday, October 27, 1971 at 2:53 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 604-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review his daily schedule and coordinate logistics for upcoming appointments. The discussion focused on managing the workflow of the Oval Office, specifically addressing the seating requirements and protocol for a group of approximately one hundred visitors. They also touched upon the implementation of administrative policies and procedures regarding the management of these events.

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9:07I'm just hoping to find an experience to be a document for the first time, to be here in the office, in the office, and we require a station for these hundred people.
9:18The second portion is meeting policies and laws and things like that.
9:22So we've got an academy set up in that particular place anyway.

NARA Description

On October 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 604-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 604-2

Date: October 27, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Forthcoming meetings, October 27, 1971

Bull left at an unknown time before 2:53 pm.

Also recorded on October 27, 1971

  • 603-005 1:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 603-006 1:10 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 603-007 1:13 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:13 pm to 1:32 pm.
  • 604-001 1:32 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 604-003 1:32 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 604-004 1:32 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 604-005 1:32 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 604-006 1:32 PM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, John B. Connally, John D. Ehrlichman, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., George P. Shultz, and Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 3:45 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 604-002, October 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/604-002 (accessed September 18, 2026).