Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 607 › Conversation 607-012

Nixon & Bull on John D. Ehrlichman and Clifford M. Hardin

Friday, October 29, 1971 · 11:30 AM–11:33 AM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation607-012 on Tape 607 (tape position 02:57:41–02:58:08)StartFriday, October 29, 1971 at 11:30 AMEndFriday, October 29, 1971 at 11:33 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 607-012 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179431 ↗

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NARA Description

On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 11:33 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 607-012 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 607-012

Date: October 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:30 am and 11:33 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -John D. Ehrlichman
               -Clifford M. Hardin

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:33 am.

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The president is just two hours away from the wires.
John Rawlings will be meeting here afterwards to talk to you about the meeting that's going to be around.
John Rawlings.

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  • 607-008 10:45 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:46 am.
  • 607-009 10:45 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:46 am.
  • 013-026 10:46 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 11:34 am.
  • 607-010 10:46 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Jr., Alexander P. Butterfield, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:46 am to 11:00 am.
  • 607-011 11:01 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Arthur F. Burns, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:01 am to 11:30 am.
  • 607-013 11:30 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 11:33 am.
  • 607-014 11:33 AM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William D. Ruckelhaus, John D. Ehrlichman, John C. Whitaker and White House photographer, Glenn R. Davis, Clifford M. Hardin, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, William Harrison Fetridge, John W. Starr, Walter L. Lingle, Jr., Alden G. Barber, Tony Allen, Paul Grimes, Ivery Kevin, Dennis L. Spencer, Robert L. Avery, Robert Meek, Grant Soukup, Darry L. Bellard, Michael S. Jones, Kenneth Spann, John D. Ehrlichman, William F. Rhatican, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:33 am to 12:25 pm.
  • 013-027 11:34 AM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Glenn R. Davis talked on the telephone from 11:34 am to 11:35 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 607-012, October 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179431). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/607-012 (accessed November 15, 2026).