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Nixon & Bull on Cabinet Room meetings and Media relations

Monday, November 15, 1971 · 1:16 PM–1:53 PM ET · Oval Office · 32 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation618-031 on Tape 618 (tape position 05:12:17–05:13:02)StartMonday, November 15, 1971 at 1:16 PMEndMonday, November 15, 1971 at 1:53 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 618-031 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to finalize the logistics and scheduling for an upcoming interview involving Judge Boldt and other administration officials. The discussion focused on the coordination of a filmed session in the Cabinet Room and the subsequent meeting with Congressional leaders. Bull confirmed that the briefing materials for the 2:30 p.m. training session would be prepared and ready on the President’s desk upon his return.

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the president, myself, and Judge Walters, to do the basic interview.
All right, come on.
After the jurors come in and just review it, we'll work in the cabin room.
And when you're ready to sit, this is filmed.
Yeah, you have to leave right away.
That's it.
That training day at 2.30 p.m. will be on the desk when you return to the cabin room.
Okay.

NARA Description

On November 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 618-031 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 618-31

Date: November 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 1:53 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. Boldt and C. Jackson Grayson
          -Gerald L. Warren
               -Review
                      -Cabinet Room
               -Film
          -Meeting with Congressional leaders
               -Cabinet Room

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:53 pm.

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  • 618-028 1:16 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:53 pm.
  • 618-029 1:16 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:53 pm.
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  • 618-032 1:53 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dr. C. Jackson ("Dan") Grayson, Jr., George H. Boldt, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:53 pm to 2:02 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 618-031, November 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/618-031 (accessed October 1, 2026).