Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 607 › Conversation 607-015

Nixon & Bull on Oval Office security and Marjorie Sharp

Friday, October 29, 1971 · 12:25 PM–12:27 PM ET · Oval Office · 43 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation607-015 on Tape 607 (tape position 03:51:04–03:52:17)StartFriday, October 29, 1971 at 12:25 PMEndFriday, October 29, 1971 at 12:27 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 607-015 ↗

President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to review his upcoming schedule, specifically regarding a planned meeting with Marjorie "Miss Wool" Sharp and Representative Sherman P. Lloyd. During the brief interaction, the President also issued direct instructions to Bull to install wiring within the Oval Office walls despite reservations. This exchange highlights the President's personal oversight of office logistics and surveillance-related technical modifications.

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No, sir.
This wall is dead now.
All right, keep it down.
Senator Kass, we don't like to bring wires into this wall, sir.
The senator's not here.
Just do it.

On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 12:27 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 607-015 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 607-015

Date: October 29, 1971
Time: 12:25 pm - 12:27 pm

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Forthcoming meeting with Marjorie (“Miss Wool”) Sharp
               -Sherman P. Lloyd

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:27 pm.
  • 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.
  • 607-016 12:27 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Sherman P. Lloyd, Marjorie Sharp, unknown person(s), Edwin E. Marsh, John E. Nidecker, White House photographer, Ronald L. Ziegler, Carroll Kilpatrick, Frandk Kilpatrick, and Mary Jo Kilpatrick met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:27 pm to 12:32 pm.
  • 607-017 12:35 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:36 pm.
  • 607-018 12:36 PM · 23 min — John D. Ehrlichman, John R. Price, Jr., White House photographer, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:36 pm to 12:59 pm.
  • 607-019 12:59 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:59 pm.
  • 607-020 1:00 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, James D. ("Don") Hughes, and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 1:06 pm.
  • 607-021 1:06 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:06 pm to 1:28 pm.

Conversation 607-015, October 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/607-015 (accessed September 30, 2026).