Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 607 › Conversation 607-017

Nixon & Bull on Personal Property

Friday, October 29, 1971 · 12:35 PM–12:36 PM ET · Oval Office · 32 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation607-017 on Tape 607 (tape position 04:01:08–04:01:58)StartFriday, October 29, 1971 at 12:35 PMEndFriday, October 29, 1971 at 12:36 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 607-017 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179441 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull briefly met to discuss the potential placement of a sheepskin, weighing whether it should be utilized in one of the presidential cabins or if it might otherwise go to waste. The conversation reflects a casual administrative check-in regarding the disposition of personal or office items. No significant policy decisions were made during this brief exchange.

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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 12:35 pm and 12:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 607-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 607-017

Date: October 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:35 pm and 12:36 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

      The President's schedule

            -Forthcoming meeting with John R. Price, Jr.

     Sheep skin

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:36 pm.

The President left at 12:36 pm.

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Well, it's probably not bad or something.
I don't know.
It's like a, it could go in one of the, one of the cabins up there.
It may just be wasted.
So it's a beautiful thing actually.
It's cold.
Okay.

Also recorded on October 29, 1971

  • 607-015 12:25 PM · 43 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 607-018 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.
  • 013-028 1:29 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:29 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 302-001 1:30 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:30 pm to 1:31 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 607-017, October 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179441). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/607-017 (accessed November 14, 2026).