Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 616 › Conversation 616-002

Nixon & Bull on Pat Boone and Henry Kissinger

Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 12:56 PM–1:00 PM ET · Oval Office · 23 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation616-002 on Tape 616 (tape position 00:10:31–00:11:42)StartWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 12:56 PMEndWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 1:00 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 616-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to coordinate logistics regarding the Cabinet Room schedule for Pat Boone and his family. The discussion also touched upon the timing of the President’s upcoming meeting with National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. The brief interaction served to finalize arrangements for these pending appointments.

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They're going straight to the penthouse.
Station one, two, three, four.
Listen.
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NARA Description

On November 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 616-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 616-2

Date: November 10, 1971
Time: 12:56 pm - unknown before 1:00 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     Pat Boone and family's schedule
          -Cabinet Room

     The President's schedule
          -Henry A. Kissinger

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm.

Also recorded on November 10, 1971

  • 616-001 12:45 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Pat Boone, Shirley Boone, Jack Spina, Patrick H. Price, and Henry C. Cashen, II met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:45 pm to 12:56 pm.
  • 616-003 12:56 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 616-004 12:56 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 616-005 12:56 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 616-006 12:56 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 616-007 1:00 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 1:20 pm.
  • 014-009 1:20 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.
  • 299-001 1:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 616-002, November 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/616-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).