Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 605 › Conversation 605-008

Nixon & Bull on Josip Broz Tito and White House logistics

Thursday, October 28, 1971 · 10:48 AM–10:50 AM ET · Oval Office · 47 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation605-008 on Tape 605 (tape position 01:07:36–01:08:55)StartThursday, October 28, 1971 at 10:48 AMEndThursday, October 28, 1971 at 10:50 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 605-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and First Lady Pat Nixon to coordinate personal scheduling, specifically regarding the First Lady's agenda and the status of Yugoslavian leader Josip Broz Tito. Following brief administrative updates from Bull, the President and Mrs. Nixon departed the Oval Office together. The exchange served primarily as a logistical check-in to align the President's meeting schedule with the First Lady's itinerary.

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NARA Description

On October 28, 1971, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 605-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 605-8

Date: October 28, 1971
Time: 10:48 am - 10:50 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     Schedule
          -Secretary of State
          -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
Mrs. Nixon entered at 10:48 am.

     Josip Broz Tito's location

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:50 am.
The President and Mrs. Nixon left at 10:50 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.
605-006 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.
605-009 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.
605-011 12:47 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), Henry A. Kissinger, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:47 pm to 1:07 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 605-008, 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/605-008 (accessed October 12, 2026).