Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 616 › Conversation 616-003

Nixon & Bull on Henry Kissinger and Melvin Laird

Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 12:56 PM–1:00 PM ET · Oval Office · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation616-003 on Tape 616 (tape position 00:11:42–00:12:17)StartWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 12:56 PMEndWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 1:00 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 616-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and manage his daily appointments. The discussion focused on coordinating the schedules of key administration figures, specifically Henry Kissinger and Melvin Laird. They confirmed Kissinger’s unavailability until the afternoon and verified the timing for a 3:00 p.m. meeting with Larry.

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Press .

Henry is out of the building at lunch until 2 o'clock.

Okay.

Do you want to stay in the front time room?

Uh, we have Larry at 3 o'clock.

Yeah.

I see him.

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 616-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 616-3

Date: November 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:56 pm and 1:00 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Henry A. Kissinger
               -Schedule
          -Melvin R. Laird

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.
616-002 12:56 PM · 23 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 616-003, 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/616-003 (accessed October 12, 2026).