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
AI Summary
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.
- Presidential schedule
- White House operations
- Oval Office security
- Marjorie Sharp
- Sherman P. Lloyd
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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 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.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
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.Also recorded on October 29, 1971
- 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.
Cite this conversation
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).