Nixon White House TapesTape 614 › Conversation 614-009

Nixon & Bull on White House logistics and Executive operations

Thursday, November 4, 1971 · 3:55 PM–4:02 PM ET · Oval Office ·47 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation614-009 onTape 614 (tape position 00:51:50–00:52:51)StartThursday, November 4, 1971 at 3:55 PMEndThursday, November 4, 1971 at 4:02 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 614-009 ↗

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, in the Oval Office to address administrative matters regarding the President’s upcoming daily schedule. The brief discussion served to coordinate logistics and confirm arrangements for Nixon's professional agenda. No major policy developments resulted from this brief scheduling consultation.

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On November 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 4:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 614-009 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 614-9

Date: November 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:55 pm and 4:02 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:02 pm.
  • 013-121 3:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:47 pm to 3:52 pm.
  • 300-016 3:47 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:47 pm to 3:52 pm.
  • 300-017 3:52 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:52 pm and 3:55 pm.
  • 614-010 3:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 614-011 3:55 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 013-122 4:02 PM · 1 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, Kofi A. Busia, and Peter G. Peterson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:39 pm.
  • 614-012 4:02 PM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Kofi A. Busia, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:02 pm to 4:48 pm.
  • 614-013 4:48 PM · 31 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:48 pm and 4:50 pm.

Conversation 614-009, November 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/614-009 (accessed September 18, 2026).