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Nixon & Bull on Josip Broz Tito and White House diplomacy

Thursday, October 28, 1971 · 10:46 AM–10:47 AM ET · Oval Office · 53 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation605-006 on Tape 605 (tape position 01:04:41–01:06:54)StartThursday, October 28, 1971 at 10:46 AMEndThursday, October 28, 1971 at 10:47 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 605-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate logistics for an upcoming meeting with Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito. Nixon sought to clarify Tito’s schedule following their encounter to ensure sufficient time for a substantive conversation lasting between one hour and 75 minutes. Bull was tasked with immediately determining whether Tito had subsequent lunch plans to accommodate this lengthy engagement.

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I'll see you next week.
And, uh, I can't see you.
You're missing.
Uh, because the, you know, the novel started too late.
And what is his schedule immediately afterwards?
I don't know where he's going.
I know they do have successive meetings that go on.
I know all about that.
But actually, what is his schedule after he sees me?
Does he have lunch?
I'll find out in a minute.
Because he will expect to talk to me at least an hour, or probably an hour and a half, an hour and 15 minutes.
We'll have to be broken.
There you go.
So find out right away.
Does he have lunch?

NARA Description

On October 28, 1971, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 605-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 605-6

Date: October 28, 1971
Time: 10:46 am - 10:47 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Meeting with unknown person
          -Meeting with Josip Broz Tito
               -Length

Bull left at 10:47 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.
  • 605-004 8:45 AM · 30 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 605-007 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 605-006, 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/605-006 (accessed October 12, 2026).