Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 605 › Conversation 605-004

Nixon & Bull on Henry Kissinger and White House administration

Thursday, October 28, 1971 · 8:45 AM–9:36 AM ET · Oval Office ·30 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation605-004 onTape 605 (tape position 00:23:51–00:25:26)StartThursday, October 28, 1971 at 8:45 AMEndThursday, October 28, 1971 at 9:36 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 605-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and organize his daily schedule. The primary focus of the discussion was coordinating the President's upcoming interactions with Henry Kissinger. No major policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative briefing.

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NARA Description

On October 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:36 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 605-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 605-4

Date: October 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:45 am and 9:36 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     [Unintelligible]

     The President’s schedule
          -Henry A. Kissinger

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:36 am.

Also recorded on October 28, 1971

  • 605-002 8:45 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:36 am.
  • 605-003 8:45 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:36 am.
  • 605-005 8:45 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 10:43 am.
  • 605-006 10:46 AM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:46 am to 10:47 am.
  • 605-007 10:47 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:47 am and 10:48 am.
  • 605-008 10:48 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:48 am to 10:50 am.
  • 605-009 11:23 AM · 1 hr 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Josip Broz Tito, Lijana Tambaca, Alexander Akalovsky, Ronald L. Ziegler, Ronald L. Ziegler, Vidoje Zarkovic, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:23 am to 12:45 pm.
  • 605-010 12:45 PM · 2 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 12:47 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 605-004, October 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/605-004 (accessed September 18, 2026).